Press releases - Competition

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

2009-04-01 / Annual Report 2008 The Office for the Protection of Competition publishes its Annual Report for the year 2008.The publication is available  here  B.External Relations Department

2009-02-12 / Office welcomes Regional Court´s judgment on pharmaceutical distibutors case The Office for the Protection of Competition welcomes today´s judgment by the Regional Court in Brno confirming the Office's decision against pharmaceutical distributors, including the fines imposed (a total of CZK 113.064 million

2009-02-06 / Information Bulletin: The Office and the Czech Presidency of the Council of EU The Office for the Protection of Competition issued first information bulletin of the year 2009, this time on the role of the Office in the Czech Presidency of the European Union

2009-01-20 / Vertical agreement case settled Office for the Protection of Competition (UOHS) settled an administrative proceeding with publishing company Albatros. The company was fined 313.000 CZK for anticompetitive behaviour.

2008-11-05 / Invitation: Recent Trends and Developments in Competition Law – Brno 2008 Seminar On November 11 - 12, 2008 the Office for the Protection of Competition of the Czech Republic will host an international seminar on Recent Trends and Developments in Competition Law.

2008-08-25 / REWE has to divest four outlets The Office for the Protection of Competition (UOHS) closed the case of retail outlets PLUS – DISCOUNT spol. s r.o. purchase by REWE Zentralfinanz eG.

2008-07-30 / Administrative proceeding with the company Kofola settled The Office for the Protection of Competition terminated on 25 July 2008 the administrative proceeding with companies from the Czech section of the Kofola group.

2008-07-16 / Czech Railways fined CZK 270 million for abuse of dominant position on the market for rail freight transport The Office for the Protection of Competition has imposed a fine of CZK 270 million on the company České dráhy, a.s. (the Czech Railways Company) for abuse of dominant position on the market for rail freight transport of large volume substrates. By its behaviour, the company violated the Czech and the EC competition...

2008-04-16 / Annual Report 2007 The Office for the Protection of Competition publishes its Annual Report for the year 2007.The publication is available  here  B.External Relations Department