Press releases - State Aid
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 area of protection of competition, review of public procurement, control of significant market power 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 the European Public Prosecutor's Office (hereinafter referred to as “the EPPO“) and the Office for the...
2024-04-22 / Conference on State Aid 2024 - registration launched The next edition of the State Aid Conference of the Czech Office for the Protection of Competition (Office) will be held on 12 and 13 June 2024. The Conference, which is one of the most important Czech events dedicated to the issue of State Aid, has been held regularly since 2009
2023-06-28 / The Office has Published the English Version of Its Annual Report 2022 The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") has published the English version of its Annual report for 2022. In the publication you will find complete statistical data, an overview of the most important events and solved cases in the areas of competition protection...
2022-10-10 / Representatives of Competition Authorities Discussed the Economic Crisis and Approach to Green Policy at the European Competition Day in Prague On 10 October 2022, as part of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the international conference European Competition Day was held in Prague, which was organised by the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Office
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...
2022-05-25 / 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
2022-03-24 / 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
2021-09-22 / The Office for the Protection of Competition commemorated 30 years of its existence at a celebratory conference The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as ''the Office'') celebrated 30 years of its existence today with a celebratory conference held at the Liechtenstein Palace in Prague. The Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Mr. Radek Vondráček, the Prime Minister, Mr. Andrej Babiš...
2021-09-01 / Annual Report of the Office for the Protection of Competition 2020 The Office for the Protection of Competition has published the Annual Report, summarising its notable activities in 2020 and outlining its agenda for 2021, the year in which the Office celebrates its 30th anniversary
