Press Releases
2014-11-27 / Sellers of communal technology sanctioned for cartel agreements in public procurements In recent weeks the Office for the Protection of Competition (the Office) has issued three decisions imposing fines of total amount CZK 5,070,000 (approximately EUR 184,363) for cartel agreements on market sharing and collusion in submitting bids within public procurements for supplies of communal technology
2014-11-12 / St. Martin´s Conference 2014 8th St. Martin‘s Competition Conference was held by the Office for the Protection of Competition (the Office) on 11th and 12th November. This year more than a hundred of Czech and foreign experts were again participating in this annual event
2014-10-30 / Suppliers of fire equipment sanctioned for bid rigging Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) imposed by its first instance decision fines of CZK 972,000 on undertakings Perpekta, spol. s.r.o a Požární bezpečnost s.r.o. for breaching the Act on the Protection of Competition
2014-09-25 / St. Martin´s Conference 2014 The Office for the Protection of Competition organizes its traditional international St. Martin´s Conference on 11 and 12 November 2014 at the headquarters of the Office in Brno. The event will summarize recent trends and developments in competition law and economics
2014-06-27 / Concentration between retail chains Ahold and Spar approved, subject to conditions Today the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) has approved the concentration between Koninklijke Ahold N.V. (Ahold) and undertakings SPAR Česká obchodní společnost s.r.o. (SPAR) and Imobilia Spa s.r.o. (Imobilia), subject to structural conditions accepted...
2014-06-11 / Chamber of Veterinarians restricted competition among its members By its first instance decision from 4 June 2014 the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) imposed a fine of CZK 399,600 on the Chamber of Veterinarians of the Czech Republic (hereinafter referred to as “the Chamber”) for breaching the Act on the Protection...
2014-05-23 / The Office organized ECA Meeting in Prague The Office for the Protection of Competition (the Office) organized the annual meeting of heads of European competition authorities on 21 – 22 May 2014 in Prague within the platform of European Competition Authorities (ECA). Such platform brings together competition authorities of all European states including...
2014-04-16 / The Office for the Protection of Competition signed a Memorandum on cooperation with the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic Within its international activities the Office for the Protection of Competition (the OPC) has developed a long-term close cooperation with the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic. The Chairman of the OPC Mr. Petr Rafaj and his Slovak counterpart Mr. Tibor Menyhart has taken today another step to strengthen...
2014-04-04 / ECA Meeting 2014 - Welcome to Prague! The Office for the Protection of Competition organizes the 2014 Meeting of European Competition Authorities. The ECA Meeting 2014 will be held in Prague, 21 – 22 May
2014-02-11 / Krajska zdravotni did not proceed in accordance with the law when purchasing equipment The Office for the Protection of Competition imposed by its first instance decision the fine of CZK 600,000 for the violation of the Act on Public Contracts on the company Krajská zdravotní
