Press Releases

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

2014-01-22 / Agrofert is allowed to acquire Radio Impuls Office for the Protection of Competition approved by its first-instance decision from 20 January 2014 merger of AGROFERT, a. s. and LONDA spol. s r. o.. The decision has already entered into force

2014-01-13 / The fine of CZK 1 million imposed on the University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady was confirmed THE FINE OF CZK 1 MILLION IMPOSED ON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL KRALOVSKE VINOHRADY WAS CONFIRMED The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (“the Office”), Mr Petr Rafaj, confirmed the fine of CZK 1 million that was imposed for the violation of the Act on Public Contracts (“the Act”) on...

2014-01-09 / PPF Holding can acquire full control of Prague O2 Arena The Office for the Protection of Competition approved in the simplified procedure a merger of PPF Group N.V. and LINDUS SERVICES LIMITED. As a result of reviewed transaction, PPF will gain full control of LINDUS and its subsidiaries, among others company Bestsport Arena, a.s., that manages multi-function arena...

2013-12-19 / Chairman of The Office upheld decisions in cases of manipulated electronic drawings The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (“the Office”), Petr Rafaj, upheld eight first-instance decisions in which the Office stated the violation of the Act on Public Contracts which consisted of non-transparent narrowing of the number of tenderers through electronic drawing device

2013-12-18 / Fine for a distributor of Candy pet food confirmed The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (“the Office”) Mr. Petr Rafaj has confirmed by the second instance decision the imposition of fine of CZK 802,000 (approximately EUR 29,700) on the company CANDY, spol. s r.o., (“CANDY”) for breaching the Act on the Protection of Competition