Press releases - Competition

2023-09-22 / Another Fine for Anticompetitive Behaviour in the Pet Food Sector – EUROBEN To Pay CZK 1 Million By its final decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") imposed a fine of CZK 1,066,000 on EUROBEN, s.r.o., a company operating in the pet food distribution sector, for entering into anticompetitive agreements on resale price maintenance

2023-09-20 / High Fines for a Cartel Related to the Railway Crossing Security Tender The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") imposed fines in the total amount of CZK 51,522,000 on the undertakings AK signal Brno a.s., SIGNALBAU a.s. and STARMON s.r.o. for the participation in a cartel agreement in public procurement (bid rigging

2023-08-15 / Suppliers Are Forbidden to Set Fixed Retail Prices; NOVIKO Was Fined Almost CZK 48 Million The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) imposed a fine of CZK 47,775,000 on the undertaking NOVIKO s.r.o. (hereinafter referred to as "NOVIKO") for the long-term concluding of anti-competitive agreements with its purchasers. The final decision has already come...

2023-07-18 / The Office Imposed a Fine of Almost CZK 64,000,000 on TESCOMA for Restricting Price Competition between Retailers The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) imposed a fine of CZK 63,952,000 on TESCOMA s.r.o. (hereinafter referred to as "TESCOMA") for many years of infringing Czech and EU competition rules

2023-06-28 / The Office has Published the English Version of Its Annual Report 2022 The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") has published the English version of its Annual report for 2022. In the publication you will find complete statistical data, an overview of the most important events and solved cases in the areas of competition protection...

2023-06-09 / The Office Blocks Concentration Between the Czech Post and PNS In its first-instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) did not grant a clearance to acquisition of part of assets of První novinová společnost a.s. by Česká pošta, s.p

2023-05-23 / Investigation of Five Staple Foods Shows No Distortion of Competition The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") has carried out investigations in the field of basic agricultural products and food products over the last three months, along the entire supply chain, i.e. from agricultural production through processors to retail sales...

2023-05-18 / The Office Imposed a Fine of CZK 20 Million on the Furniture Chain XXXLUTZ for Failing to Meet its Commitments In its first-instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) imposed a fine of CZK 20,324,000 on XLCEE-Holding GmbH, an Austrian company operating furniture chains, for failing to meet its commitments related to the concentration between undertakings...

2023-04-13 / The Office Punishes a Cartel of Xiaomi Electronics Distributors Detected Thanks to the Leniency Program In its first-instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) imposed a fine of CZK 24,467,000 on Beryko s.r.o. for participating in the prohibited agreement. The company originally faced a significantly higher fine, but this was reduced due to the...

2023-03-10 / The Office Accepts Honeywell's Commitments The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as „the Office“) terminated administrative proceedings against the undertaking Honeywell, spol. s r.o. for possible abuse of dominant position after committing not to require participants in its certification training for the provision...

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