Adrian Ster is a Managing Associate within the antitrust department of Musat & Asociatii. Adrian has been practicing competition law from 2006, he holds an LL.M in European Law from University College London and is an active member of the Bucharest Bar. Along the years he authored and co-authored a number of articles in leading local and international publications on topics varying from the implications of amendments to the competition law provisions to the practice of the Competition Council. The clients advised by Adrian in relation to competition law projects include companies many industries like telecom, advertising, real estate, energy, FMCG, pharma, etc.
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On 16 December 2010 the Competition Council issued Decision 52/2011 finding that the Romanian National Post Company (“CNPR”) was guilty of an abuse of dominant position through discriminatory practices towards entities that were economically dependent upon it. I. The facts A number of (...)
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On October 14 2010 the Competition Council issued a Report entitled ‘The Challenges of the Single Market and the Competition in Sensitive Sectors’. Drafted in collaboration with a Romanian Centre for Economic Policies (‘CEROPE’) and the Romanian Academic Society (‘SAR’), the Report focuses on a (...)
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On July 06, 2010 Emergency Government Ordinance 75/2010 (“EGO 75”), amending the provisions of the Competition Law 21/1996 (the “Competition Law”), has been published in the Official Gazette. EGO 75 will enter into force on 05 August 2010. EGO 75 is the result of a relatively long process during (...)
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On April the 21st 2010 the Romanian Competition Council (the ‘Council’) issued a press release stating that it had fined Raiffeisen Bank SA (‘Raiffeisen’) for supplying inaccurate information during the course of an investigation, making it the second bank fined during the course of that (...)
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On January the 20th 2010 the Romanian Competition Council (the ‘Council’) issued the Decision 03/2010 rejecting a complaint filed by Actavis Group PTC (‘Actavis’) against two companies belonging to the Novartis Group - Novartis Pharma GmbH and Novartis AG (‘Novartis’) alleging a breach of the (...)
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1. The law Under the Romanian Competition Law n° 21/1996 , as amended and supplemented (the “Romanian Competition Law”), an economic concentration must be notified to the Competition Council in case certain thresholds are met, namely : (i) the aggregate worldwide turnover of the undertakings (...)
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The past few years have shown an increased need for competition analysis in relation to the National Health Programs that have been adopted by the Romanian authorities based on the legal provisions. Background The market for pharmaceuticals is a nationally regulated market in all the Member (...)
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Competition Law n° 21/1996, Romanian Official Journal, Part.I, n° 88, 30 April 1996, with subsequent amendments and completions Romanian Competition Council (Consiliul Concurentei), 22 December 2004, Decision n° 329, Kronospan SA Consiliul Concurentei, Decizia n° 329/22.12.2004, referitoare la (...)
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