Czech Competition Authority

THE OFFICE PUNISHES A CARTEL OF XIAOMI ELECTRONICS DISTRIBUTORS DETECTED THANKS TO THE LENIENCY PROGRAM* In its first-instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) imposed a fine of CZK 24,467,000 on Beryko s.r.o. for participating (...)

THE OFFICE PUNISHES A CARTEL OF XIAOMI ELECTRONICS DISTRIBUTORS DETECTED THANKS TO THE LENIENCY PROGRAM* In its first-instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) imposed a fine of CZK 24,467,000 on Beryko s.r.o. for participating (...)

THE OFFICE ACCEPTS HONEYWELL’S COMMITMENTS* The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as „the Office“) terminated administrative proceedings against the undertaking Honeywell, spol. s r.o. for possible abuse of dominant position after committing not to require (...)

THE OFFICE STARTS A PROBE INTO THE ENTIRE VERTICAL CHAIN FOR SEVERAL FOOD PRODUCTS IN TERMS OF PRICE INCREASE* The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) is going to investigate which part of the supplier and customer chain is responsible for the (...)

THE OFFICE PUNISHED A CARTEL OF REGIONAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES* In its first-instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) imposed fines in the aggregate amount of CZK 3,157,000 on the undertakings aostav s.r.o., EFIOS stavební (...)

THE OFFICE HAS COMPLETED A SECTOR INQUIRY INTO THE DISTRIBUTION OF PHARMACEUTICALS* The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") completed a sector inquiry in the area of distribution of pharmaceuticals, which was carried out in the years 2021-2022. (...)

Brother Sewing Equipment Distributor Fined More Than a Million CZK for Fixing Prices to Retailers * The Office for the Protection of Competition imposed a fine of CZK 1,134,000 on the company Sewing Technology Brother s.r.o. (hereinafter referred to as “Brother“) for concluding and (...)

NEW FINE FOR ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION IMPOSED ON CHAPS AMOUNTS TO CZK 956,000* The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition, Petr Mlsna, has confirmed repeatedly the fine of CZK 956,000 imposed on CHAPS spol. s r.o. (hereinafter CHAPS) for abuse of a dominant position in (...)

Eurona Restricted Price Competition And Online Sales, The Fine Was Significantly Reduced For Extraordinary Cooperation* The Office for the Protection of Competition imposed a fine of CZK 12,773,000 on the undertaking EURONA s.r.o. for concluding illegal vertical agreements restricting (...)

Reduced fine for Aroma candles distrubutor, and, for the first time, the office took the compliance program into account* The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office“) imposed a fine of CZK 17,649,000 on the undertaking Z - TRADE s. r. o. for (...)

The Office imposed fines of CZK 280 Million on undertakings specialised in issuing food stamps for anti-competitive coordination of terms of trade* In its first-instance decision, although not in force, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") (...)

The office imposed maximum possible fines for obstruction of a dawn raid* The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") has imposed the maximum possible fines on three undertakings suspected of being involved in a cartel agreement for obstructing a (...)

The Office imposed fines for cartel of AV Equipment suppliers* By its first-instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition imposed fines in the total amount of CZK 2 442 000 on the undertakings AV MEDIA SYSTEMS, a.s., M plus spol. s r.o., Nowatron Elektronik, spol. s r.o. (...)

A fine of CZK 1.435 Million was imposed on the undertaking Natland for Alleged "Gun Jumping"* The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) imposed a fine of CZK 1 435 000 on the undertaking Natland Group, SE, for a concentration between undertakings (...)

The Chairman of the office discussed future cooperation and effective investigation of cartel agreements with the Slovak and Hungarian competition authorities* Petr Mlsna, the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”), made a working (...)

The office imposed repeated fines for the IT Cartel in Olomouc, amounting to almost CZK 80 Million* The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) re-imposed fines on members of the so-called cartel, as the previous decision was annulled in the (...)

The Chairman of the office for the protection of competition terminated the proceedings with the undertaking Net4gas because of the favourability of the subsequent legislation* Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as ’’the Office’’), Petr Mlsna, (...)

The undertaking Garland harmed consumers, and it now faces a fine of almost CZK 100 Million* In its first instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as ’’the Office’’) imposed a fine of CZK 96,751,000 on GARLAND distributor, s.r.o. for vertical (...)

SPIE ELEKTROVOD and ASE were fined almost CZK 34 million for public procurement cartel* In its first instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition imposed fines in the total amount of CZK 33,917,000 on SPIE Elektrovod, a.s. and ASE, s.r.o. for a cartel agreement concerning (...)

The fine imposed on abistore confirmed, the distributor of sports equipment dictated prices to sellers* The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition Petr Mlsna confirmed the imposition of the fine of CZK 1,851,000 on the undertaking ABISTORE SPORT, s. r. o. (hereafter (...)

The office imposed fine amounting to CZK 10,000,000 on NET4GAS for abuse of dominant position* The Office for the Protection of Competition imposed a fine amounting to CZK 10,000,000 on NET4GAS, s. r. o., for abuse of dominant position and prohibited alleged conduct for the future. The (...)

The chairman of the office confirmed that Ritchy EU concluded prohibited anticompetitive agreements* Petr Mlsna, the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition, entirely dismissed the appeal filed by RITCHY EU s. r. o., and upheld the first-instance decision of the Office which (...)

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE OFFICE UPHELD THE DECISION IN CARPATHIA CARTEL CASE, ONE OF THE FINES SUBJECT TO REASSESSMENT* The Chairman of the Office, Petr Mlsna, upheld the decision on a prohibited agreement in the field of rail freight transport, the so-called Carpathia Cartel. The Chairman of (...)

Railway design cartel revealed thanks to leniency programme, the office imposed fine on sudop praha* By its first-instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition punished bid rigging agreement on projecting high-speed rails concluded by SUDOP PRAHA a. s. (hereinafter referred (...)

Manager of egem did not fulfil the obligation to cooperate during the dawn raid, the office imposed a fine amounting to czk 2,362,000* Petr Mlsna, the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition, by the decision of 6 January 2021 rejected the appeal of EGEM s.r.o. and upheld (...)

The chairman of the Office confirmed fine for resale price maintenance agreements imposed on Baby Direkt* Petr Mlsna, the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition, upheld imposition of a fine amounting to CZK 40,793,000 on BABY DIREKT s.r.o. which entered into prohibited (...)

The Office imposed a fine for gun jumping in the csg/skyport case* The Office for the Protection of Competition (“the Office”) imposed a fine of CZK 4,487,000 on Skyport, a. s. (formerly CSG a.s.) for unapproved implementation of concentration before its clearance by the Office. The decision (...)

Office imposed fines for IT cartel agreement in total amount of CSK 75 million* By its first-instance decision of 7 December 2020, the Office for the Protection of Competition imposed fines in the total amount of CZK 74,622,000 on AUTOCONT a.s., TESCO SW a.s., ICZ a.s., MERIT GROUP a.s., (...)

COMPETITION LAW ENFORCEMENT DURING THE CRISIS CAUSED BY COVID-19 DISEASE* Countries around the globe are currently facing an unprecedented crisis caused by pandemic of the Covid-19 disease, which causes both health and economic difficulties. The Office is aware of the fact that in these (...)

FINES FOR BID RIGGING CARTEL OF WINDOW PRODUCERS WERE CONFIRMED* The above mentioned undertakings infringed national competition rules by coordinating their participation and bids regarding the public contract for the change of doors and windows on premises of the Ministry of Education, (...)

AGROFERT IS ALLOWED TO TAKE OVER UNITED BAKERIES, BUT IT HAS TO SELL OFF SEVERAL FACILITIES* On 23 May 2019, the Office for the Protection of Competition issued a decision approving AGROFERT a.s. to take sole control over UB HOLDING a.s. and its subsidiary UNITED BAKERIES a.s., subject to a (...)

THE OFFICE APPROVED THE MERGER OF LKQ AND HEPTUS 292 ON THE DISTRIBUTION MARKET OF NON-ORIGINAL SPARE PARTS, SUBJECT TO COMMITMENTS* On 10 May 2019, the Office for the Protection of Competition issued a decision authorizing LKQ German Holdings GmbH to take sole control over the company (...)

The retail chains of Rewe group abused the significant market power, the settlement procedure set their fine to czk 164 million* The Office for the Protection of Competition imposed a fine for abuse of significant market power in the amount of CZK 164 372 000 on the retail chains BILLA, (...)

KMV is allowed to take control over part of Pepsi business, subject to commitments* The Office for the Protection of Competition issued on 30 October 2018 a decision approving the concentration between soft drinks producers, subject to fulfilment of several structural commitments. The (...)

More fines imposed for prohibited agreements of construction companies* On the 4 May 2016, the Office for the Protection of Competition adopted its first instance decision regarding the so-called small construction cartel. In the decision, the Office imposed fines amounting to CZK 278 (...)

Bid rigging construction cartel fined CZK 2.036 Billion* On the 6th November 2015, the Office for the Protection of Competition adopted the first instance decision regarding bid-rigging cartel agreement in the construction sector. The fines imposed on the cartel members amount to CZK 2.036 (...)

Fine of CZK 1,105,000 imposed on company Czech Frost for noncompliance with the inspection* Disciplinary fine of CZK 1,105,000 was imposed on the company CZECH FROST for noncompliance with the inspection of the business premises conducted by the Office for the Protection of Competition (the (...)

Puro-Klima and Hospimed coordinated their bids within public tenders for medical equipment* The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) detected and sanctioned anticompetitive behavior conducted by undertakings HOSPIMED, spol. s.r.o. and PURO-KLIMA, (...)

THE OFFICE REPEATEDLY SANCTIONED THE UNDERTAKING SOKOLOVSKÁ UHELNÁ FOR ANTICOMPETITIVE AGREEMENTS, THE FINE WAS DECREASED* The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) Mr Petr Rafaj has issued a revised second-instance decision on (...)

Sellers of communal technology sanctioned for cartel agreements in public procurements* In recent weeks the Office for the Protection of Competition (the Office) has issued three decisions imposing fines of total amount CZK 5,070,000 (approximately EUR 184,363) for cartel agreements on (...)

Suppliers of fire equipment sanctioned for bid rigging* Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) imposed by its first instance decision fines of CZK 972,000 on undertakings Perpekta, spol. s.r.o a Požární bezpečnost s.r.o. for breaching the Act on (...)