Legislation
Competition
Act No. 143/2001 Coll., on the Protection of Competition - updated version 2017
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
Consolidated Act No. 143/2001 Coll. of 4 April 2001 on the Protection of Competition and on Amendment to Certain Acts (Act on the Protection of Competition) as amended by Act No. 340/2004 Coll. of 4 May 2004, Act No. 484/2004 Coll. of 5 August 2004, Act No. 127/2005 Coll. of 22 February, Act No. 361/2005 Coll. of 19 August 2005, Act No. 71/2007 Coll. of 4 April 2007, Act No. 296/2007 Coll. of 1 January 2008, Act No. 155/2009 Coll. of 1 September 2009 and Act No. 360/2012 Coll. of 19 September 2012 (unofficial translation)
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)
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
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
Amended by the Acts No.: 50/2016 Coll., 104/2017 Coll., 183/2017 Coll.