Press Releases
2022-09-12 / The Office Imposed Fines of CZK 280 Million on Undertakings Specialised in Issuing Food Stamps for Anti-Competitive Coordination of Terms of Trade In its first-instance decision, although not in force, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") imposed fines in the total amount of CZK 279,152,000 on Sodexo Pass Česká republika a.s., Edenred CZ s.r.o. and Up Česká republika s.r.o. for a cartel agreement
2022-08-25 / The Office Imposed Maximum Possible Fines for Obstruction of a Dawn Raid The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") has imposed the maximum possible fines on three undertakings suspected of being involved in a cartel agreement for obstructing a dawn raid
2022-07-29 / Annual Report 2021 The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) publishes the English version of its Annual Report for the year 2021, during which it not only celebrated 30 years of its existence, but also has undergone a number of significant changes. At the very beginning of the...
2022-07-07 / Sewing machines supplier STRIMA agreed with a settlement procedure and was thus imposed a lower fine for vertical agreements In its first-instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) imposed a fine of CZK 4 446 000 on STRIMA CZECH s.r.o. for entering into prohibited vertical agreements which distorted competition. The undertaking STRIMA CZECH s.r.o. (hereinafter referred...
2022-05-25 / Conference on State Aid Law This year, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") is once again organising its traditional conference on State aid law. The conference will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, 15 and 16 June 2022, at the premises of the Office in Brno
2022-04-20 / May 2022 Public Procurement Conference The Office for the Protection of Competition is preparing the first year of the May Conference on Public Procurement to be held on 18 and 19 May 2022. The conference will take place at the Brno headquarters of the Office
2022-03-24 / Temporary Crisis Framework for the provision of State Aid to cope with the economic consequences of the Russia´s invasion of Ukraine The European Commission adopted a temporary crisis framework to allow Member States to use the flexibility set out in State aid rules, and, thus, support the economy affected by the impacts of the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
2022-03-23 / The Office imposed fines for cartel of AV equipment suppliers By its first-instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition imposed fines in the total amount of CZK 2 442 000 on the undertakings AV MEDIA SYSTEMS, a.s., M plus spol. s r.o., Nowatron Elektronik, spol. s r.o. and SCIENTICA AGENCY, s.r.o. for a prohibited agreement on public procurement (bid...
2022-03-22 / Joint statement by the European Copmpetition Network on the application of competition law in the context of the war in Ukraine The European Competition Network (ECN), which connects the competition authorities of the EU Member States, has issued a joint statement on the application of competition rules in the context of the Russian aggression in Ukraine
2022-02-09 / A Fine of CZK 1.435 Million Was Imposed on the Undertaking Natland for alleged "Gun Jumping" The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) imposed a fine of CZK 1 435 000 on the undertaking Natland Group, SE, for a concentration between undertakings prior to the authorisation of the Office. No appeal was submitted against the first-instance decision and it...