Press Releases
2006-09-21 / President vetoed an amendment of the competition law An amendment of the Act on the Protection of Economic Competition was vetoed by President Václav Klaus on the 7th June after the Chamber of Deputies had overturned the Senate´s rejection of the bill
2006-09-21 / Merger of mineral waters producers approved Office for the Protection of Competition (ÚOHS) approved in its first instance decision merger between mineral water producers Karlovarské minerální vody (KMV) and Poděbradka with conditions providing to keep the current trademarks for another five years and preserve price differences between products.
2006-09-21 / Český Telecom abused its dominant position on the ADSL market The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition Martin Pecina imposed by his second-instance decision a fine ammounting to 80 million CZK upon the company Český Telecom for abuse of dominant position on the market for mediation of access to the Internet services and for transmission of data by...
2006-09-21 / ÚOHS fines Chamber of Pharmacists Chairman of the Office for Protection of Competition (ÚOHS) Martin Pecina confirmed a Kč 300,000 fine for the Czech Chamber of Pharmacists
2006-09-21 / Building savings companies infringed competition law The Office for the Protection of Competition issued on the 2nd December 2005 a new first-stage decision in the administrative proceedings with six building saving companies (Hypo, Wüstenrot, Modrá pyramida, Stavební spořitelna České spořitelny, Raiffeisen, Českomoravská stavební spořitelna).
2006-09-21 / Concerted practices of banks were not proved The Office for the Protection of Competition stopped by ist first-stage decision of 24th November 2005 a legal proceeding with companies Komerční banka (KB), Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB) and Česká spořitelna (ČS), the three largest finance houses in the Czech Republic
2006-09-21 / Merger of airlines approved The Office for the Protection of Competition has cleared by its decision of 22 July 2005 acquisition of company Travel Service, a.s. by Czech carrier České aerolinie, a.s. (ČSA).
2006-09-21 / Acquisition of TV Nova approved The Office for the Protection of Competition approved the acquisition of TV Nova group companies by the foreign media group CME
2006-09-21 / Eurotel paid a fine Company Eurotel Praha, spol. s r.o., paid a fine amounting to 48 million CZK for abuse of its dominant position, that was imposed by the decision of the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (ÚOHS) Mr. Josef Bednář of May 2002
2006-09-21 / Český Telecom repeatedly infringed the law The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition, Josef Bednář, confirmed the fine amounting to 23 million CZK imposed on the company Český Telecom.
