Press Releases
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.
2006-09-21 / Mobile operators restricted competition Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter the Office), Mr. Josef Bednář, factually confirmed the Office’s first-stage decisions in the matter of administrative proceedings conducted with the undertakings Eurotel Praha, Český Mobil and T-Mobile Czech Republic.
2006-09-21 / Nearly 500 million CZK fine for building savings companies Office for the Protection of Competition of the Czech Republic completed the procedure concerning a cartel agreement in relation to increase of charges on the market of building savings
2006-09-21 / Fuels distribution - 313 million CZK fine Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition, in his second stage decision of 31 May 2004, confirmed the highest fine ever imposed by the Office in its history
2006-09-21 / ČEZ infringed competition law The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (the Office) Mr. Josef Bednář has by its second-instance decision imposed a fine amounting to 7.5 million CZK to the company ČEZ, a.s.