Information on the Office for the Protection of Competition

2024-10-01 / Merger of PPF Group and Nordic Telecom may take place subject to commitments The Office for the Protection of Competition has cleared the merger by its final decision, as a result of which PPF TMT Holdco 2 B.V. may acquire, through O2 Czech Republic a.s., sole control over Nordic Telecom Regional s.r.o. A favorable decision is, however, subject to the fulfilment of commitments aimed...

2024-09-16 / The 2024 St. Martin's Conference Program Will Offer a new Competition Tool and Private Enforcement The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") is preparing the 17th annual St. Martin Conference on trends, news and hot topics in the field of competition. The conference will be held on 6 and 7 November 2024 in Brno, in the conference hall of the Office

2024-09-03 / Details on the Content of Westinghouse and EDF's Complainst Against Nuclear Tender Last week, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) received submisisons from Westinghouse Electric Company LLC and Électricité de France challenging the procedure of the contracting authority Elektrárna Dukovany II, in the tender for the construction of a...

2024-07-11 / English Version of Annual Report 2023 published The Office for the Protection of Competition presents the English version of its annual report for the year 2023, summarising the results of its activities in all areas of its competence, i.e., in the area of protection of competition, review of public procurement, control of significant market power in the...

2024-06-19 / Office for the Protection of Competition Cooperates with European Public Prosecutor's Office Today in Luxembourg, Mr Petr Mlsna, the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition, signed an agreement with the European chief prosecutor, Ms Laura Codruţa Kövesi, on cooperation between the European Public Prosecutor's Office (hereinafter referred to as “the EPPO“) and the Office for the...

2024-05-09 / The Office Revealed and Punished Another Cartel Agreement between Construction Companies The Office for the Protection of Competition imposed fines totalling CZK 7,442,000 on the construction companies B.H.S. BOHEMIA, a.s., SEŽEV facility s.r.o., COMMODUM, spol. s r.o. and Hroší stavby Morava a.s. for participation in cartel agreements concerning public procurement in construction sector. The...

2024-04-23 / EP ENERGY TRADING Infringed Competition Act by Early Implementation of Merger With Gazela Energy The Office for the Protection of Competition (the Office) imposed a fine of CZK 18,840,000 on the undertaking EP ENERGY TRADING. for concluding a concentration between undertakings prior to the notification and initiation of the administrative proceeding on the approval of the concentration and prior to the...

2024-04-22 / Conference on State Aid 2024 - registration launched The next edition of the State Aid Conference of the Czech Office for the Protection of Competition (Office) will be held on 12 and 13 June 2024. The Conference, which is one of the most important Czech events dedicated to the issue of State Aid, has been held regularly since 2009