Information on the Office for the Protection of Competition

2026-09-17 / Lesy ČR banned wood-chip exports and were imposed a fine of more than CZK 17 million The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as the "Office") imposed a fine of CZK 17.268 million on the state-owned company Lesy ČR (Forests of the Czech Republic) for violating Czech and EU competition rules. Specifically, between 2 July 2021 and 31 July 2024, the state-owned company...

2026-09-11 / Pegasus Cleared to Acquire Czech Airlines, Office for the Protection of Competition Approved the Merger Subject to Conditions The Office for the Protection of Competition (the Office) has approved the acquisition of Czech Airlines (České aerolinie a.s.) — and subsequently the airline Smartwings — by the Turkish group Pegasus. The Office imposed remedies to maintain efficient competition, which the Turkish company proposed itself...

2026-08-26 / Fines exceeding CZK 280 million imposed on O2 Czech Republic and SHERLOG Technology for cartel agreement SHERLOG Technology, a.s. and O2 Czech Republic a.s. (hereinafter referred to as “SHERLOG” and “O2”) entered into a cartel agreement in the area of vehicle and other means of transport monitoring and electronic logbook services. In its first-instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition...

2026-08-17 / Chairman of the Czech Competition Authority Definitively Confirms Fines for Meal Voucher Issuers’ Cartel Meal voucher issuers Pluxee Česká republika a.s., Edenred CZ s.r.o., and Up Česká republika s.r.o. are required to pay fines totalling CZK 279,152,000. The decision has now been definitively confirmed by the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (the Office), Petr Mlsna, who dismissed...

2026-06-30 / Annual Report 2025: CZK 500 Million in Antitrust Fines and Complex Public Procurement Cases The Czech Office for the Protection of Competition has published its annual report, summarising the results of its activities in 2025. In addition to protecting competition, the Office is responsible for overseeing public procurement, monitoring abuses of significant market power, supervising access to transport...

2026-05-06 / HP Tronic Faces Nearly CZK 40 Million Fine for Dictating Prices to Retailers The Office for the Protection of Competition has imposed a fine of CZK 38,971,000 on HP TRONIC Zlín, spol. s r.o. (hereinafter “HP TRONIC”), for entering into prohibited agreements restricting competition in the household appliances sector. Both national and EU competition rules were infringed. The undertaking...

2026-04-29 / Proceedings against energy companies have been terminated The Office for the Protection of Competition has terminated the administrative proceedings conducted against ČEZ, a.s., EP Energy, a.s., a Veolia Energie ČR, a.s

2026-03-05 / Seznam.cz will amend pricing policy for real estate agents on Sreality.cz platform The Office for the Protection of Competition has terminated administrative proceedings concerning possible abuse of a dominant position conducted against Seznam.cz, a.s. (hereinafter "Seznam.cz") after the company proposed commitments modifying the pricing rules for advertising by real estate agents on the Sreality.cz...