Press Releases

2013-12-04 / Road and Motorway Directorate unlawfully awarded a public contract for the repair of a bridge in Trutnov The Office for the Protection of Competition (“the Office”) imposed by its first-instance decision the fine of CZK 800,000 to the Road and Motorway Directorate for the violation of the Act on Public Contracts (“the Act”) in the award procedure „I/14 repair of the bridge, evidence number 14-069 Trutnov HSM”

2013-10-18 / Fines for the Prague City Hall and Prague Public Transport company in the Open Card case were confirmed The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition, Petr Rafaj, has confirmed by his second-instance decision the fine in the amount of CZK 600,000 imposed to the Prague City Hall and of CZK 500,000 imposed to Public Transport Company of the Capital City of Prague for the violation of the Act on Public...

2013-09-30 / The Supreme Administrative Court upheld the decision of the Office in the STUDENT AGENCY case The Supreme Administrative Court in its judgement of 30 September 2013 allowed the cassation complaint of the Office for the Protection of Competition concerning the case of the abuse of dominant position of the company STUDENT AGENCY

2013-09-19 / St. Martin Conference 2013 The Office for the Protection of Competition is organizing the seventh autumn St. Martin Conference which will be held on 12 and 13 November 2013 at the headquarters of the Office

2013-08-26 / The Office Clears Acquisition of the MAFRA Publishing House by AGROFERT Holding The Office for the Protection of Competition (“the Office”) has approved by its first instance decision the acquisition of MAFRA and Anděl Media Centrum by AGROFERT HOLDING

2013-08-20 / Annual Report 2012 The year 2012 not only saw the Office for the Protection of Competition entering its third decade of existence, but also brought a number of fundamental changes, primarily in the field of competition and public tenders

2013-08-09 / Fine imposed on the company REWE for not fulfilling commitments was confirmed The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (“the Office”), Mr. Petr Rafaj, dismissed the appeal of the company REWE Zentralfinanz eG against the first instance decision issued in January 2013 by which the fine 23.89 million CZK was imposed on this undertaking for not fulfilling commitments...

2013-03-20 / Taiwanese visit interested in activities of the Office On 19 March 2013, Delegation of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Prague paid a visit to the Office for the Protection of Competition. Vice-Chair of the Office Mr. Michal Petr and director of International Department Mr. Daniel Stankov greeted representatives of Economic Division of the Taipei Office Ms...

2013-02-06 / The Office imposed a fine for implementation of merger that was not approved The Office for the Protection of Competition („the Office“) imposed by its first-instance decision a fine amounting to CZK 530,000 on the company KAREL HOLOUBEK – Trade Group a.s. for implementation of concentration with the company Karlovarská teplárenská a.s. prior to submission of concentration notification...

2012-12-19 / Cartel in waste disposal sector fined nearly CZK 100,000,000 Office for the Protection of Competition imposed by its first-instance decision a fine amounting to CZK 96.579 million (approximately € 3,825,000) on companies A.S.A., spol. s r.o., van Gansewinkel, a.s., SITA CZ a.s. a AVE CZ odpadové hospodářství s.r.o. (hereinafter refered to as “ASA“, “AVE“...

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