Press Releases
2020-01-08 / The Offices imposed fine exceeding CZK 10 million on the collective rights management organisation OSA for abuse of dominant position By its first-instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition imposed a fine in the amount of CZK 10,676,000 on the collective rights management organisation OSA – Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním, z.s., for abuse of dominant position. The decision is not final and it...
2019-11-15 / St. Martin´s Conference 2019 – Current Trends and Developments in Competition Law More than 150 competition experts, both from the Czech Republic and abroad, participated in this year’s St. Martin´s Conference which took place on 13th and 14th November 2019 in Brno. The conference was organised by the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”...
2019-11-11 / The Chairman of the Office confirmed fine imposed on Booking.com for prohibited vertical agreements preventing competition Petr Rafaj, the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition, rejected by his final decision the appeal of the company Booking.com B.V. (hereinafter Booking.com) and confirmed the fine amounting to CZK 8,336,000 imposed on the company for prohibited vertical agreements
2019-11-05 / BABY DIREKT fined CZK 40 million for resale price maintenance agreements The Office for the Protection of Competition imposed a fine amounting to CZK 40,793,000 on the company BABY DIREKT s.r.o. for the infringement of the Act on the Protection of Competition and the EU competition rules. The decision is not yet final and may be subject to appeal
2019-08-19 / St. Martin´s Conference 2019 This year, the Office for the Protection of Competition organizes the 13th annual St. Martin´s Conference which will take place at the premises of the Office on 13 and 14 November
2019-08-09 / Due to the Office´s intervention, Volvo will provide higher discounts on spare parts to independent repairers The Office for the Protection of Competition has closed the administrative proceedings with Volvo Group Czech Republic, s.r.o. regarding possible abuse of a dominant position after the company had submitted commitments with the aim to adjust the discounts granted to independent repairers for the purchase of...
2019-08-05 / The final fine for the distortion of liberalisation imposed on České dráhy shall be almost CZK 275 million Petr Rafaj, the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition, has confirmed by his final decision that the company České dráhy, a. s. abused its dominant position, when it foreclosed the market of long-distance rail passenger transport services in 2005/2006 – 2014 and prevented its competitors’...
2019-06-07 / Fines for bid rigging cartel of window producers were confirmed The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition, Mr. Petr Rafaj, rejected the appeal of the undertakings DAFE-PLAST Jihlava, s.r.o., OFS 2000, s.r.o. and SULKO s.r.o., and confirmed the first-instance decision issued last year imposing the fines of CZK 20 841 000 on these undertakings for a bid...
2019-06-01 / Conference on State Aid Law 2019 The Office for the Protection of Competition in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Trade organized a three-day international conference on State Aid and issues of small and medium-sized enterprises between 29 and 31 May 2019
2019-05-29 / AGROFERT is allowed to take over UNITED BAKERIES, but it has to sell off several facilities On 23 May 2019, the Office for the Protection of Competition issued a decision approving AGROFERT a.s. to take sole control over UB HOLDING a.s. and its subsidiary UNITED BAKERIES a.s., subject to a number of structural commitments which were accepted by the party to the proceedings in order to maintain effective...
