Press Releases

2010-01-15 / Sokolovská uhelná company concluded restricted agreements on export prohibitions By its first-instance decision of January 8, 2010 the Office for the Protection of Competition of the Czech Republic (the Office) has imposed a fine of CZK 17,283 million on company Sokolovská uhelná.

2010-01-15 / The Office finished its fourth settlement case Office for the Protection of Competition imposed by its decision of 23 December 2009 a fine amounting to 5 million CZK on the company Karlovarské minerální vody a.s. (KMV).

2010-01-11 / Central register of de minimis aid Central register of de minimis aid was set up on January 1st 2010 according to § 3a of the Act nr. 215/2004 Coll., on amending certain relationships within the area of state aid, and altering the act on the promotion of research and development, as amended by later acts.

2009-09-16 / Tractor manufacturer removed anticompetitive provisions from its agreements The Office for the Protection of Competition (the Office) closed investigation of alleged anticompetitive provisions in agreements on tractor sales and spare-parts sales between companies from the Zetor group and its authorised dealers, services respectively.

2009-09-08 / Native English speaker - proofreader wanted The Office invites applications from candidates whose native language is English for the position of Proofreader. The Office’s aim is to provide for the stylistic and grammatical editing of texts published in English. The texts concerned are all specialist texts concerning competition. The proofreader's responsibilities...

2009-09-08 / St. Martin Conference 2009 – Recent trends and developments in competition law and policy For the third time in its history the Office for the Protection of Competition of the Czech Republic is going to host the autumn conference focusing on recent trends and developments in competition law and policy

2009-07-01 / Proofreader - native English speaker The Office invites applications from candidates whose native language is English for the position of Proofreader.

2009-06-30 / RWE Transgas will pay compensations for customers to settle the charges The Office for the Protection of Competition (UOHS) has imposed a fine of CZK 10 million on RWE Transgas, Inc. in the settlement decision. The RWE was fined for the abuse of its dominant position towards its customers, small-scale consumers and households

2009-05-12 / Competition Day brochure Publication issued for upcoming conference Competition Day (13th - 14th May 2009, Brno) is  available for download here  B.External Relations Department of the Office

2009-04-02 / Acquisition of Agropol by AGROFERT conditionally approved The Office for the Protection of Competition has conditionally cleared proposed acquisition of Agropol Group, a.s. by the company AGROFERT HOLDING, a.s