Legislation

Competition

•  Act No. 143/2001 Coll., on the Protection of Competition - updated version 2017
•  Amendments No. 261/2021 Coll. and No. 417/2021 Coll. to the Competition Act   157 KB
•  Decree No. 294/2016 Coll. of 8 September 2016, stipulating details of the justification of a concentration notification and documents certifying facts decisive for a concentration  
• Act 273/1996 Coll. on the Scope of Competence of the Office for the Protection of Competition as amended by Act No. 187/1999 Coll., Act No. 359/2004 Coll., Act No. 626/2004 Coll., Act No. 264/2006 Coll. 
• Decree of the Office for the Protection of Competition No. 252/2009 Coll. Stipulating details relating to the notification of a concentration of undertakings (unofficial translation)
•  Act No. 262/2017 Coll. of 20 July 2017 on Competition Damages and on amendment of the Act No. 143/2001 Coll., on the Protection of Competition and on amendment of Certain Acts (Protection of Competition Act), as amended (Competition Damages Act) 388 KB

Soft Law

Antitrust

•  Notice on the Reqirements for Concentration Notifications (2016)
•  Notice of the Office for the Protection of Competition of 4 November 2013 on Application of Article 22ba(1) of the Act on the Protection of Competition (Leniency Programme) 
•  Procedure of Setting Fines Imposed pursuant to the Act on the Protection of Competition  
•  Notice of the Office for the Protection of Competition of 8 November 2013 on the procedure focused on speeding up the administrative procedure using the Institute of application for a reduction of fine under Article 22ba (2) of the Act on the Protection of Competition (Settlement Procedure) 
• Competition Advocacy - Notice of the Office for the Protection of Competition on the alternative solution of certain competition issues - the notice was amended significantly in 2013, English version not yet available

• Notice of the Office for the Protection of Competition on agreements of minor importance which do not appreciably restrict competition (de minimis)

Merger Guidelines

• Notice of the Office for the Protection of Competition on the pre-notification contacts with merging parties
• Notice of the Office for the Protection of Competition on Calculation of Turnover for the Purpose of the Control of Concentrations between Undertakings
• Notice on the Application of the Failing Firm Defence Concept in the Assessment of Concentrations of Undertakings
• Notice on the Notion of "Undertakings Concerned" under the Act on Protection of Competition
• Notice on the prohibition of implementation of concentrations prior to the approval and exemptions thereof

Public Procurement

Czech Republic

•  ACT No. 134/2016 Coll. on Public Procurement 
• ACT No. 137/2006 Coll. on Public Contracts (not valid any more)
• ACT No. 40/2004 on Public Procurement - ineffective since 1 July 2006 (Please note that the English version of the Act on Public Procurement is for informational purposes only)

State Aid

Czech Republic

• Act No. 215/2004 Coll., amending certain relationships within the area of state aid, and altering the Act on the promotion of research and development 363 KB
  (the English version of this document is only for working purposes, the only authentic is the Czech version)

Significant Market Power

•  Act No. 395/2009 Coll., on Significant Market Power in the Sale of Agricultural and Food Products and Abuse Tereof   229 KB

Amended by the Acts No.: 50/2016 Coll., 104/2017 Coll., 183/2017 Coll., 254/2020 Coll., 359/2022 Coll. 

• Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain