Press releases - Competition
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...
2023-02-21 / The Office starts a probe into the entire vertical chain for several food products in terms of price increase The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) is going to investigate which part of the supplier and customer chain is responsible for the biggest increase in food prices. The fast-track investigation includes three to five food products and the results should be...
2023-02-14 / The Office punished a cartel of regional construction companies In its first-instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) imposed fines in the aggregate amount of CZK 3,157,000 on the undertakings aostav s.r.o., EFIOS stavební s.r.o., HERYÁN RECONSTRUCTIONS s.r.o. and the natural person K. K. for the prohibited...
2023-02-08 / The Office has completed a sector inquiry into the distribution of pharmaceuticals The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") completed a sector inquiry in the area of distribution of pharmaceuticals, which was carried out in the years 2021-2022. The purpose of the sector inquiry was to determine the state of competition in the markets of wholesale...
2023-02-01 / The fine for obstruction of on-site inspection of Beryko is confirmed The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition, Petr Mlsna, terminated the administrative proceedings with Beryko s.r.o. on the appeal against the fine for obstructing on-site investigation because the appeal was withdrawn. The first-instance decision with a fine of CZK 22.5 million has therefore...
2023-01-09 / Brother sewing equipment distributor fined more than a million CZK for fixing prices to retailers The Office for the Protection of Competition imposed a fine of CZK 1,134,000 on the company Sewing Technology Brother s.r.o. (hereinafter referred to as “Brother“) for concluding and executing anticompetitive resale price maintenance agreements. According to the Office, the Czech and the EU competition rules...
