News - Significant Market Power
2020-12-02 / Petr Mlsna Appointed as the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition Petr Mlsna was appointed by the President of the Czech Republic, Milos Zeman, as the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition on 1 December 2020
2019-11-15 / St. Martin´s Conference 2019 – Current Trends and Developments in Competition Law More than 150 competition experts, both from the Czech Republic and abroad, participated in this year’s St. Martin´s Conference which took place on 13th and 14th November 2019 in Brno. The conference was organised by the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”...
2019-08-26 / Retail chain Albert has proposed commitments; contracts will be modified for benefit of suppliers The Office for the Protection of Competition terminated the administrative proceeding against retail chain Albert initiated due to possible abuse of significant market power after the Albert´s commitment to modify its contracts with suppliers. After the intervention of the Office, the unilateral provisions...
2019-08-19 / St. Martin´s Conference 2019 This year, the Office for the Protection of Competition organizes the 13th annual St. Martin´s Conference which will take place at the premises of the Office on 13 and 14 November
2019-03-11 / Chairman of the Office is convinced that the investigation will confirm the legality of all administrative proceedings Last week, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) was one of the objectives of the police inspection, which main purpose was, among other things, to investigate alleged undue influence on the review of public procurement in case of the electronic toll system
2019-02-22 / The retail chains of REWE Group abused the significant market power, the settlement procedure set their fine to CZK 164 million The Office for the Protection of Competition imposed a fine for abuse of significant market power in the amount of CZK 164 372 000 on the retail chains BILLA, spol. s.r.o. and Penny Market, s.r.o. (hereinafter referred to as „BILLA“ and „Penny“) and to their subsidiary Rewe Buying Group s.r.o. (hereinafter...
2018-11-16 / Czech competition authority organised annual St. Martin´s Conference on recent trends in competition law The Office for the Protection of Competition organised on 14 and 15 November 2018 the twelfth St. Martin´s Conference, focusing on recent trends in the field of competition and significant market power
2018-10-02 / The Office changes its e-mail domain to uohs.cz Starting October 2018, the Office for the Protection of Competition is changing its e-mail domain from so far used domain @compet.cz to the new domain @uohs.cz. Therefore, e-mail address of the e-registry of the Office will be posta@uohs.cz . Old e-mail addresses will be functional till the end...
2018-08-29 / St. Martin´s Conference 2018 This year, the Office for the Protection of Competition organizes the 12th annual St. Martin´s Conference which will take place at the premises of the Office on 14 and 15 November
2018-08-20 / Annual Report 2017 The Office for the Protection of Competition published its Annual Report 2017
