Press releases - Competition
2011-03-30 / Office confirms initiation of administrative proceedings with Telefónica O2 In connection with a number of media enquiries, the Office for the Protection of Competition confirms that it sent an announcement of administrative proceedings initiation to the company Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, a.s. concerning alleged breach of Czech as well as European competition rules. „In particular...
2011-03-24 / Office will look into supply of coal The Office for the Protection of Competition has received a notice from the undertaking ČEZ regarding its alleged discriminating behaviour towards mining company Sokolovská uhelná on the market of coal supply. „The Office is going to investigate the issue,“ said Petr Rafaj, Chairman of the competition
2011-02-25 / Participants of the agreement took advantage of both Leniency Programme and Settlement Procedure Czech Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) issued on February 10, 2011 the first instance decision, by virtue of which it found liable the companies from Henkel, Procter & Gamble and Reckitt Benckiser groups of conclusion and fulfillment of prohibited agreement...
2010-11-30 / STUDENT AGENCY fined for abuse of dominant position In its first instance decision of 3 November 2011 the Office for the Protection of Competition imposed a fine of CZK 6,185,000 on STUDENT AGENCY, s.r.o. for violation of the Act on the Protection of Competition
2010-09-15 / Chairman Rafaj confirmed fine for Sokolovská uhelná company Mr. Petr Rafaj, Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (the Office), confirmed by his second-instance decision a fine of CZK 17.283 million imposed on the company Sokolovská uhelná, právní nástupce, a.s
2010-09-13 / Cartel of color picture tube manufacturers fined The Office for the Protection of Competition (the Office) stated in its first instance proceedings that the companies Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd., Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Technicolor S.A., Panasonic Corporation, MT Picture Display Co., Ltd., Toshiba Corporation and LG Electronics...
2010-06-09 / Annual Report 2009 published The Office for the Protection of Competition presents its Annual Report for the year 2009
2010-03-09 / Second Annual Conference on Competition Enforcement in the Recently Acceded Member States On 23 April the Czech competition authority is going to co-organize the Second Annual Conference on Competition Enforcement in the Recently Acceded Member States
2010-01-15 / The Office finished its fourth settlement case Office for the Protection of Competition imposed by its decision of 23 December 2009 a fine amounting to 5 million CZK on the company Karlovarské minerální vody a.s. (KMV).
2010-01-15 / Sokolovská uhelná company concluded restricted agreements on export prohibitions By its first-instance decision of January 8, 2010 the Office for the Protection of Competition of the Czech Republic (the Office) has imposed a fine of CZK 17,283 million on company Sokolovská uhelná.
