St. Martin´s Conference 2019
As in previous years the opening panel will be dedicated to recent trends and developments of the Czech and European competition law and policy.
Following contributions will deal with the very topical competition matters as for example the private enforcement in practice, the issue of joint bidding in tenders or new trends in relation to vertical agreements. The agenda also includes topic dedicated to the issue of significant market power in light of the Directive on Unfair Trading Practices in Agriculture and Food Supply Chain. Parallel workshops scheduled on the second day of the conference will focus on current experience of the Office with unannounced inspections or the issue of digitalisation of contracts in the field of significant market power.
We believe that also this year´s St. Martin´s conference will be an excellent opportunity to gain information about the most significant events and current trends in the field of the Czech and the European competition law, but also it will become a place for informal meetings and discussion between national as well as foreign competition experts from both the public and the private sphere.
Two days conference will be held in the Czech and the English language with simultaneous translation.
Registration and full program of the conference will be released soon.
We are looking forward to your participation.
Press Unit of the Office
2024-11-19 / Pet Food Supplier VAFO Has to Pay CZK 120 million for Prohibited Resale Price Fixing The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) imposed a fine of CZK 120,121,000 on the undertaking VAFO PRAHA (hereinafter referred to as "VAFO") for the...
2024-10-16 / The Office is Conducting a Dawn Raid at the Premises of the Undertaking Seznam.cz Following numerous media inquiries, we confirm that the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office“) is conducting an unannounced inspection of Seznam.cz
2024-10-01 / Merger of PPF Group and Nordic Telecom May Take Place Subject to Commitments The Office for the Protection of Competition has cleared the merger by its final decision, as a result of which PPF TMT Holdco 2 B.V. may acquire, through O2 Czech Republic a.s., sole control over Nordic...
2024-09-16 / The 2024 St. Martin's Conference Program Will Offer a new Competition Tool and Private Enforcement The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") is preparing the 17th annual St. Martin Conference on trends, news and hot topics in the field of competition. The...
2024-07-11 / English Version of Annual Report 2023 published The Office for the Protection of Competition presents the English version of its annual report for the year 2023, summarising the results of its activities in all areas of its competence, i.e., in the...
2024-06-19 / Office for the Protection of Competition Cooperates with European Public Prosecutor's Office Today in Luxembourg, Mr Petr Mlsna, the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition, signed an agreement with the European chief prosecutor, Ms Laura Codruţa Kövesi, on cooperation between...
2024-05-09 / The Office Revealed and Punished Another Cartel Agreement between Construction Companies The Office for the Protection of Competition imposed fines totalling CZK 7,442,000 on the construction companies B.H.S. BOHEMIA, a.s., SEŽEV facility s.r.o., COMMODUM, spol. s r.o. and Hroší stavby...
2024-04-23 / EP ENERGY TRADING Infringed Competition Act by Early Implementation of Merger With Gazela Energy The Office for the Protection of Competition (the Office) imposed a fine of CZK 18,840,000 on the undertaking EP ENERGY TRADING. for concluding a concentration between undertakings prior to the notification...