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
2025-07-14 / The Office for the Protection of Competition launched a reporting tool for anonymous and confidential reporting of suspected infringements of the rules laid down in the Act on the Protection of Competition Complaints submitted by the public are highly valuable source of information for the Office. They can help uncover illegal conduct, expedite investigations, initiate administrative proceedings, and ultimately...
2025-07-07 / Annual Report 2024 in English The Office for the Protection of Competition has published the English version of its 2024 Annual Report.The Office operates in the areas of competition protection, oversight of public procurement, control...
2025-07-02 / Office Fines Major Cartel in Railway Construction Sector More Than CZK 150 million By its first-instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition has imposed fines totalling CZK 157,693,000 on six undertakings for a series of cartel agreements related to public contracts...
2025-06-12 / EUROMEDIA and PEMIC Concentration Approval Subject to Commitments, Acquirer is Obliged to Divest the Wholesale Distribution of Printed Books The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) has approved the concentration of undertaking EUROMEDIA GROUP, a.s., PEMIC BOOKS a.s. and BOOKNET s.r.o. subject...
2025-06-10 / The Office Launches Sector Inquiry in the Area of Publicly Accessible Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") has launched a sector inquiry into the area of publicly accessible charging stations. Specifically, it is examining...
2025-04-25 / New competition tools: the way to more efficient competition law enforcement Opening remarks of the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition Petr Mlsna delivered at the Interanational Chamber of Commerce Czech the Antitrust Conference in Prague on 24 April 2025...
2025-04-22 / MIDs Competition Authorities: Strengthening Competitiveness and Competition in the EU Single Market The Czech Office for the Protection of Competition, together with the competition authorities of Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal and Austria, has issued a joint statement warning against...
2025-01-08 / Google Made Changes to one of its Services in Reaction to the Investigation of the Office Last year, the Office for the Protection of Competition investigated possible abuse of a dominant position by Google Czech Republic, s.r.o, its parent company Google International LLC and Google Ireland...