Lithuanian Competition Authority (Vilnius)

Lithuanian Competition Authority

Lithuanian Competition Authority (Vilnius)

The main task of the Competition Council is to apply the Law on Competition. The Council also coordinates matters related to State aid and performs expert examination of the State aid projects, maintenances the register of State aid. The Competition Council also carries out functions assigned by other laws, such as the Law on Prices, Law on the Railway Transport Sector Reform, Law on Prohibition of Unfair Practices of Retail Undertakings, Law on Advertising and Law on Prohibition of Unfair Business-to- Consumer Commercial Practices.

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20819 Bulletin

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority blocks the acquisition of the largest domestic radio station group (All Media Lithuania / M-1 / M-1 Plus / Lietus / Laluna / Raduga / Reklamos ekspertai)

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COMPETITION COUNCIL DENIES TV3 SHAREHOLDER’S TAKEOVER OF LITHUANIA’S LARGEST RADIO STATION GROUP* All Media Lithuania will not be able to acquire 100% of the shares of three companies that operate the radio stations M-1, M-1 Plus, Lietus, Laluna, Raduga, and the company Reklamos ekspertai. (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority finds that agreement between certain cosmetic manufacturers and their distributors constitutes resale price maintenance and fines the participating (Oda / Garbanė / GSS Baltic...)

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Price Fixing Between Cosmetic Manufacturers and Their Distributors Prevented Consumers from Getting Cheaper Products* The Competition Council found that Oda LT and six companies distributing its skin care products agreed not to sell Oda LT products to consumers at prices lower than those (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority approves the acquisition of companies active in the market for maintenance and repair of lifting equipment by their rival after the acquirer submits structural remedies to address the Competition Authority’s concerns (Kauno Liftai / Baltijos Liftai / Šiaulių Liftas)

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The Company Kauno Liftai will be able to carry out the merger* The Competition Council has allowed Kauno Liftai to carry out the concentration after acquiring 100% of the shares of Baltijos Liftai and Šiaulių Liftas companies. The clearance was granted following a commitment by Kauno Liftai (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority holds that a municipality infringed competition law by transferring the management of a swimming pool and the provision of other services to its own institution without a competitive procedure (Palanga City)

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PALANGA CITY MUNICIPALITY IS OBLIGED TO ORGANISE A COMPETITIVE PROCEDURE FOR THE SELECTION OF A SWIMMING POOL MANAGER* Konkurencijos taryba has decided that the Municipality of Palanga (Municipality) infringed the Law on Competition by transferring the management of a swimming pool and the (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority fines a professional association of real estate brokers and its members €969B for concluding no-poach and market sharing agreements (LAREA)

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REAL ESTATE AGENCIES AGREED NOT TO COMPETE FOR CLIENTS AND EMPLOYEES* The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba has established that the Lithuanian Association of Real Estate Agencies (LAREA) and its 39 members agreed not to solicit each other’s clients and brokers, and thus (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority updates the fine-setting procedure by improving the incentive to cooperate with the Competition Authority during infringement investigations

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PROCEDURE FOR SETTING FINES FOR COMPETITION LAW INFRINGEMENTS HAS BEEN IMPROVED* Today the Lithuanian Government adopted a resolution approving the description of the procedure for setting fines for infringements of the Law on Competition. A more detailed regulation of the methodology for (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority greenlights the acquisition of a German manufacturer of pressure sensitive labels by a Finnish manufacturer of recyclable products (UPM-Kymmene Beteiligungs / AMC AG Advanced Methods of Coating)

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FINNISH COMPANY RECEIVES PERMISSION TO ACQUIRE GERMAN MANUFACTURER OF PRESSURE SENSITIVE LABELS* The Finnish forestry company UPM-Kymmene Beteiligungs will be able to acquire 100 per cent of the shares of the German firm AMC AG Advanced Methods of Coating and, indirectly, control of Inter (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority prohibits the acquisition of a Lithuanian grain production company by a Latvian grain production company (Baltic Mill / Dobeles dzirnavnieks)

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Latvian Firm Dobeles Dzirnavnieks does not receive permission to acquire Lithuanian company Baltic Mill* Today the Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba refused to clear the acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares and sole control of the Lithuanian company Baltic Mill by (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority decides to investigate a merger between two providers of elevator maintenance services, notwithstanding the fact that the thresholds for notification are not met (Kauno liftai / Baltijos liftai)

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LITHUANIAN COMPETITION AUTHORITY WILL REVIEW TRANSACTION BETWEEN KAUNO LIFTAI AND BALTIJOS LIFTAI ON ITS OWN INITIATIVE* The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba has decided to apply the merger control procedure on its own initiative and assess whether the acquisition by (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority sanctions cartels involved in public procurement for cemetery maintenance services following extensive investigations (Būsto aplinka / City Service Engineering)

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Cartelists have been assigned individual sanctions* The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba assigned individual sanctions to the companies Būsto aplinka and City Service Engineering which concluded a bid-rigging cartel. Following the ruling of the Supreme Administrative (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority says that municipalities which conclude in-house contracts without organizing competitive public procurement procedures may be subject to competition investigations

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In-house contract can be concluded only in exceptional cases after assessing its impact on fair competition* The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba supervising how municipalities comply with the Law on Competition when concluding in-house contracts will analyse whether (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority reviews acquisition transaction between lifting equipment maintenance service companies (Kauno Liftai / Baltijos Liftai)

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Lithuanian Competition Authority will review transaction between Kauno Liftai and Baltijos Liftai on its own initiative* The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba has decided to apply the merger control procedure on its own initiative and assess whether the acquisition by (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court affirms the decision of the national Competition Authority to fine two companies a total of over €170K for cartel behaviour (Jadrana / Pasvalio melioracija)

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Dispute over fines to cartelists settled in court* On March 30 the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (Court) has approved settlement agreements between the Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba and the companies Jadrana and Pasvalio melioracija in which EUR 18,720 and (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority urges retail chains not to use their market power unfairly as suppliers suspend their ties with Russia and Belarus

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“After” suppliers suspend their ties with Russia and Belarus, Lithuanian konkurencijos taryba urges retail chains not to use their market power unfairly* The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba has sent a letter to the firms managing five major retail chains urging them to (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, and Polish competition authorities jointly urge the OECD and UNCTAD to exclude Russian Government and individual experts from future events as a sanction for the country’s military aggression against Ukraine

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Joint statements to OECD and UNCTAD by Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Polish Competition Authorities in support of Ukraine* We, the heads of the Lithuanian, Estonian, Latvian and Polish Competition Authorities, support the condemnation by our national governments of Russia‘s open large-scale (...)

Estonian Competition Authority, Lithuanian Competition Authority, Latvian Competition Authority The Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian Competition Authorities jointly urge the International Competition Network to exclude Russian Government and individual experts from future events as a sanction for the country’s military aggression against Ukraine

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JOINT STATEMENT BY LITHUANIAN, LATVIAN, ESTONIAN COMPETITION AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF UKRAINE* We, the heads of the Lithuanian, Estonian and Latvian Competition Authorities, support the condemnation by our national governments of Russia‘s open large-scale aggression against an independent, (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority reduces a fine imposed on four food wholesalers found liable for bid rigging from 75% to 15% (Sanitex / Sotėja /Selnera / Maistulis /Egilėja)

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Konkurencijos taryba reduces fines for food wholesalers for cooperation and settlement in bid-rigging case* The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba has found that the companies Sanitex, Sotėja, Selnera, Maistulis and Egilėja rigged their bids, including the price, in public (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority approves the acquisition of a facilities management company by a facilities operator (Akropolis Group / Delta Propery)

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Lithuanian company “Akropolis Group” acquires shopping centre “Alfa”* On November 25, the Competition Council (the CC) decided to allow UAB "AKROPOLIS GROUP", a company registered in Lithuania, to acquire a decisive influence over Ltd. "DELTA PROPERTY", which manages the shopping centre (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority fines the national basketball league and 10 basketball clubs for agreeing not to pay their players after having to terminate the 2019-2020 basketball championship due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Lietuvos krepšinio lyga)

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By agreeing to pay players’ salaries Lithuanian basketball league and its clubs infringed competition law* The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba found that the Lithuanian Basketball League (Lietuvos krepšinio lyga – LKL) and 10 basketball clubs concluded an (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority clears a merger in the healthcare sector on the condition that parts of the healthcare business in the cities and districts of Kaunas and Šiauliai are sold (InMedica / INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund / Litgaja / RP Pharma)

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Merger in healthcare sector cleared subject to commitments* The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba has cleared the acquisition of joint control of InMedica and, indirectly, MediCA klinika, Kardiolita, Bendrosios medicinos praktika and Svalbono klinika by the investment (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority terminates the review of a merger between two Estonian companies in the cinema market since it did not receive all the necessary information from the merging parties within the maximum suspension period (MM Grupp / Forum Cinemas Lithuania)

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Lithuanian Competition Authority terminates merger review process in cinema market* The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba has terminated the review of a merger notification under which the Estonian company MM Grupp intended to acquire another Estonian company Forum (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority fines the national telecommunications service provider €215.1K for submitting incorrect and incomplete information which impeded the assessment of a merger’s potential impact on competition (Cgates)

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CGATES FINED FOR SUBMITTING INCORRECT AND INCOMPLETE INFORMATION IN MERGER REVIEW PROCESS* The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba found that information provided by the Lithuanian telecommunications service provider Cgates, which was necessary for the authority to be able (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court orders the Competition Authority to recalculate the fines it imposed on two companies for obstructing its investigation (Būsto aplinka / Mano Būsto priežiūra)

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LITHUANIAN COMPETITION AUTHORITY IS OBLIGED TO ASSIGN INDIVIDUAL SANCTIONS IN OBSTRUCTION CASE* The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (Court) announced that the Lithuanian competition authority should recalculate the fines for the companies Būsto aplinka and Mano Būsto priežiūra (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority refuses to clear the acquisition of sole control of a TV and internet service provider by its competitor despite the commitment offered by the merging parties (Cgates / Splius)

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CGATES does not get permission to acquire its competitor Splius* The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba refused to clear the acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares and sole control of SPLIUS by Cgates. On 11 December 2020, Konkurencijos taryba received a merger (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority closes its investigation into suspected bid-rigging in the construction and reconstruction of quays and other objects (Latvijas tilti / BMGS)

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Lithuanian Competition Authority terminates investigation into suspected bid-rigging* The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba decided to terminate an investigation into the compliance of actions of undertakings involved in public procurements for the construction and (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Authority announces that the Supreme Administrative Court rejects the Competition Authority’s appeal and upholds the decision of the Court of First Instance which ordered to revisit the joint bid-rigging fine imposed on two container ship companies (Jadrana / Pasvalio melioracija)

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Lithuanian Competition Authority will have to redecide on individualisation of fines for cartelists The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (Court) rejected the appeal of the Lithuanian competition authority and upheld the decision of the court of first instance which ordered the (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court upholds the Competition Authority’s decision regarding a cartel between 26 driving schools and their professional association (Driving schools cartel)

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SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT OF LITHUANIA UPHOLDS COMPETITION AUTHORITY’S DECISION ON DRIVING SCHOOLS’ CARTELS* Driving schools and the Lithuanian association of driving schools (Association) which agreed to set prices of driving services for consumers will not avoid sanctions for cartel (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court confirms the fines imposed by the Competition Authority on a German solid waste service and recycling company for being part of a cartel (Sypra)

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Cartelist of radioactive scrap metal auction will have to pay imposed fine* The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (Court) rejected the appeal by the German company Sypra which participated in the radioactive scrap metal auction conducted by Ignalina nuclear power plant and concluded (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority finds that the fixed and minimum rates of notary fees approved by the Ministry of Justice are restricting the ability of notaries to compete on prices

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By restricting competition between notaries, Ministry of Justice prevents consumers from paying less for services* The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba has found the fixed and minimum rates of notary fees approved by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority reduces fines imposed on a cartel of cinema companies as a measure against the COVID-19 pandemic (Theatrical Film Distribution / NCG Distribution / Forum Cinemas)

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As a Result of COVID-19 Pandemic, Lithuanian Competition Council Reduces Fines Imposed on Cinema Companies That Formed Cartel* The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba has found that the film distributor Theatrical Film Distribution and the firms NCG Distribution and Forum (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority fines the national transport safety administration for extending contracts with 42 service providers without a competitive procedure (Lithuanian Transport Safety Administration)

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Contract Extensions With Passenger Road Transport Service Providers Without a Competitive Procedure Restricted Competition* The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba has found that the Lithuanian transport safety administration (LTSA) infringed the Law on Competition when it (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Parliament amends the Competition Act with regard to such matters as independence, resources, powers and sanctions, in line with provisions of the Directive of the EU Parliament and Council

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Competition Law Amendments Will Ensure More Effective Competition Enforcement in Lithuania* Today Seimas adopted amendments to the Law on Competition which will transpose the provisions of the Directive of the European Parliament and Council into national law, ensuring uniform regulation of (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority clears joint acquisition of raw materials and recycled plastic company by private equity investment fund and by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Eco Baltia / INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund / European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)

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Konkurencijos Taryba Clears Acquisition of Latvian Company Eco Baltia* Konkurencijos taryba cleared the acquisition of 52.81 per cent of the Latvian company Eco Baltia indirectly through BSGF Salvus, and acquisition of joint control of Eco Baltia by the investment fund INVL Baltic Sea Growth (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court upholds the decision finding construction companies guilty of bid-rigging in public procurement (PST / Irdaiva / Active Construction Management)

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Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania: Construction Companies Restricted Competition in Public Procurement Through Joint Bidding* The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (Court) rejected the appeals by the construction company Panevėžio statybos trestas (PST) and company Active (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority announces that merger review might be delayed due to the COVID-19 outbreak making data collection from market participants more difficult

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EXAMINATION OF MERGERS MAY LAST LONGER* As companies have temporarily suspended their business operations due to the Covid-19 outbreak, Konkurencijos taryba is struggling to receive information from businesses and informs companies that it may take longer than usual to implement the (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority opens an investigation into a suspected anticompetitive agreement among a national basketball league and individual basketball clubs and warns similar agreements are not justified by the COVID-19 pandemic (Lietuvos krepšinio lyga)

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KONKURENCIJOS TARYBA LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO SUSPECTED ANTI-COMPETITIVE AGREEMENT AMONG LITHUANIAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE AND BASKETBALL CLUBS* The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba has launched an investigation into a suspected anti-competitive agreement among the (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority invites competing businesses planning to cooperate during the COVID-19 pandemic to contact the Authority and the EU Commission for guidance about their cooperation intentions

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European Commission and EU competition authorities encourage companies to seek guidance on cooperation initiatives* Businesses are currently facing particular challenges due to the coronavirus crisis, which may encourage companies to cooperate with each other in order to overcome the (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority closes its investigation into the alleged anti-competitive agreement among companies engaged in the production and sales of construction, repair, and household goods (Tikkurila / Kesko Senukai / Ermitažas / DAW Lietuva / Topcolor)

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KONKURENCIJOS TARYBA HASN’T SPOTTED ANTI-COMPETITIVE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR AND HOUSEHOLD PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS AND SELLERS* Konkurencijos taryba has terminated investigation into the alleged anti-competitive agreement among 7 Lithuanian and Latvian companies engaged in the (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority ends its investigation into alleged anti-competitive agreement in the household manufacturing sector (Tikkurila, Tikkurila/Kesko Senukai Lithuania/Kesko Senukai Digital/ Ermitažas/DAW Lietuva/Topcolor)

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KONKURENCIJOS TARYBA HASN’T SPOTTED ANTI-COMPETITIVE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR AND HOUSEHOLD PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS AND SELLERS* Konkurencijos taryba has terminated investigation into the alleged anti-competitive agreement among 7 Lithuanian and Latvian companies engaged in the (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority terminates an abuse of dominance investigation after commitments are made by the postal service company (Lietuvos paštas)

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Konkurencijos Taryba approves commitments by Lietuvos Paštas* Lietuvos paštas committed to inform other postal service providers about any pricing changes in advance and not to create any obstacles to its competitors operating in the same market. Konkurencijos taryba decided that these (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Council concludes an investigation into public tenders on street and road repair and land melioration works by establishing the presence of bid-rigging cartel activity (Pasvalio melioracija / Jadrana / Panevėžio melioracija / Biržų ranga)

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COMPETITORS RECEIVE FINES FOR SHARING TENDER ALLOCATION* Konkurencijos taryba found that companies Pasvalio melioracija, Jadrana, Panevėžio melioracija and Biržų ranga concluded a bid-rigging cartel: cartelists colluded their actions and bids, including bid price, and agreed in advance on (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Vilnius Regional Administrative Court upholds the decision of the Lithuanian Competition Authority fining two undertakings for bid rigging in the market of radioactive scrap metal (Norvesta / Sypra)

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PARTICIPANTS OF AUCTION BY IGNALINA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DID NOT AVOID LIABILITY FOR CARTEL INFRINGEMENT* Vilnius Regional Administrative Court (Court) upheld the decision of the Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba, according to which UAB Norvesta and the German company (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Supreme Court accepts the Competition Authority’s request for renewing court proceedings regarding an anti-competitive agreement in the energy sector (Vilniaus energija / Bionovus)

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Dispute over competition law infringement on biofuel market returned to Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania* The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania agreed to renew court proceedings concerning an anti-competitive agreement on the biofuel market as requested by the Lithuanian (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania upholds the decision of the National Competition Authority in a cinema cartel case (UAB Forum Cinemas)

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Supreme Administrative Court upholds Council’s decision: Cinema cartels resulted in fewer discounts for consumers* The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania rejected the appeal by UAB Forum Cinemas against the Competition Council’s decision whereby the company was fined EUR 1,384,300 for (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Vilnius Regional Administrative Court confirms the decision of the Competition Authority according to which two Lithuanian construction companies restricted competition by entering into bidding consortia (PST / Irdaiva)

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Vilnius Regional Administrative Court: Joint bidding by construction companies restricted competition* Vilnius Regional Administrative Court (the Court) upheld Competition Council‘s decision according to which two Lithuanian construction companies Panevėžio statybos trestas (PST) and Irdaiva (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority reports that a food retail company fails to implement merger remedies after the acquisition is approved (RIMI / PALINK)

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Competition Council: Rimi failed to implement merger remedies* The Competition Council reported that UAB Rimi Lietuva (RIMI) failed to implement merger remedies which the authority approved as a condition when clearing the acquisition by RIMI of 100 per cent shareholding and sole control of (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority fines two construction firms for bid-rigging in the market for renovation and modernization of schools and kindergartens (PST / Irdaiva)

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Competition council: joint bidding of two construction firms restricted competition* The Competition Council found that joint bids submitted by two Lithuanian construction firms UAB Irdaiva and AB Panevėžio statybos trestas (PST) restricted competition “by object”, in breach of Article 5 of (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Council finds occasion wear shops to have engaged in cartel activity due to their imposition of fixed dress try-on fees for customers (Occasion wear shops cartel)

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CARTEL AMONG OCCASION WEAR SHOPS RESULTED IN HIGHER PRICES FOR CONSUMERS* The Competition Council found a number of occasion wear shops operating in Vilnius guilty of a cartel that set a fixed dress try-on fee for customers. Firms received fines ranging from EUR 1 to EUR 1,960, with seven (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority fines an Italian-based supplier of bone regeneration products and its local distributor for engaging in resale price maintenance (Tecnoss Dental / UAB Implamedica)

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Competition Council fines supplier and Distributor of Bone Regeneration Products for Resale Price Maintenance* The Competition Council found the Italian-based supplier Tecnoss Dental and its Lithuanian distributor UAB Implamedica engaged in fixing minimum resale prices of bone regeneration (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania forces a company to submit a merger filing in the ticket distribution market (Baltic Ticket / Nacionalinis bilietų platintojas)

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Ticket distributors failed to suspend merger control procedure* The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (Court) concluded that the company Baltic Ticket Holdings which acquired UAB Nacionalinis bilietų platintojas shall submit a merger filing to the Competition Council which started (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court upholds the Competition Authority’s decision concluding a bid-rigging agreement in the public procurement for the purchase of software development work (UAB Ministerium / Nebūk briedis / VšĮ TV Europa)

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Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania upheld Competition Council’s decision on bid ridding* The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (Court) upheld the Competition Council’s decision on two bid rigging agreements. On 5 November 2015 the Council found that UAB Ministerium, UAB (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority prohibits a merger between two managers of classified ads websites for real estate and vehicles (AS Eesti Meedia / AllePAL OÜ)

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Competition Council: Merger between classified ads websites restricted competition* On 6 May 2016, the Competition Council (hereinafter – KT) prohibited a merger whereby in 2014 AS Eesti Meedia acquired 100 per cent of AllePAL OÜ shares. KT found that the merger restricted competition in the (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority announces that three cinema operators have implemented two separate cartel agreements (Forum Cinemas)

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Lithuanian Competition Council detected two cartels by cinema operators* On December 18 Lithuanian Competition Council (KT) announced that three cinema operators, “Forum Cinemas“, “Multikino Lietuva“ and “Cinamon Operations“, had been fixing prices of cinema tickets as part of two separate (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Council imposes fines on a food retailer and a frozen bakery producer for having implemented an anticompetitive agreement (Maxima and Mantinga)

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ANTI-COMPETITIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MAXIMA LT AND UAB MANTINGA RESULTED IN HIGHER COSTS FOR CONSUMERS* Competition Council (the KT) disclosed an anti-competitive agreement between food retail chain MAXIMA LT, UAB (MAXIMA) and frozen bakery producer UAB Mantinga (Mantinga). The companies fixed (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Council imposes fines on five building and construction companies for having implemented anticompetitive agreements (UAB Convertus)

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Competition Council disclosed anti-competitive agreement among bidders* The Competition Council (KT) discovered that five building and construction companies, namely UAB Convertus, UAB UGNA, UAB Aketus, UAB Aestus and UAB Gedarta, rigged their bids in the procurement organised by UAB Baltic (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority conditionally clears an acquisition on the market of the insurance of land vehicles and the market of property insurance (Lietuvos draudimas / PZU)

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COMPETITION COUNCIL CLEARS ACQUISITION OF AB LIETUVOS DRAUDIMAS BY PZU S.A., SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS* On 9 October, the Competition Council (KT) cleared the acquisition of 100 per cent of AB Lietuvos draudimas shares by PZU S.A. The merger was cleared upon the condition that PZU S.A. would (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority imposes fines on a bank for having implemented an anticompetitive agreement on the markets for cash handling and cash-in-transit services (G4S)

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UAB G4S LIETUVA restricted competition within the markets of cash handling and cash-in-transit services* The Competition Council (KT) found that the actions of UAB G4S Lietuva (G4S) breached Article 5 of the Law on Competition and Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority launches a market test following merger commitments proposed on the market of the insurance of land vehicles and the market of property insurance (PZU)

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Competition Council calls for opinions on merger commitments proposed by PZU S.A.* Competition Council (KT) calls stakeholders to express their grounded opinions on PZU S.A. (Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna) commitments to the merger wherein the latter acquires up to 100 per (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority finds that the difference between the terms and conditions of channel distribution rights sold to analog and digital television providers does not impede competition or significantly influence consumer welfare (Viasat World)

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Competition Council: Viasat conduct does not impede competition* Competition Council (KT) terminated investigation into suspected abuse of dominance by Viasat World Limited and Viasat AS. The KT held that the actions carried out by the companies influence neither effective competition nor (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority opens an investigation and finds that a refusal to negotiate a swap agreement for natural gas amounted to a breach of the merger conditions (Gazprom / Lietuvos dujos)

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Lithuanian Competition Council fines OAO Gazprom for failing to comply with merger conditions* On 10 June, the Competition Council (KT) imposed a fine of 123,096,700 litas (approx. EUR 35,651,269) on OAO Gazprom for the failure to comply with merger conditions. In 2004, the KT allowed (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority allows acquisition by a state-owned company of a national operator in control of the natural gas transmission system (JSC EPSO-G / Amber Grid)

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Competition Council clears acquisition of SC Amber Grid shares by JSC EPSO-G* On 19 May, the Competition Council (the KT) cleared acquisition of 38.9 per cent of SC Amber Grid shares by JSC EPSO-G (all the company’s shares together with already owned ones will amount to 56.6 per cent). (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority imposes fines for the implementation of non-notified mergers and requires the undoing of a takeover in the petrol station market (Lukoil Baltija / Baltic Petroleum)

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Competition Council fines Lukoil 11 817 700 LTL for implementing non-notified mergers* On 12 May, the Competition Council (the KT) fined UAB Lukoil Baltija 11 817 700 LTL ( ̴ 3 422 642 EUR) for implementing non-notified mergers and obligated the company to eliminate the breach. Having (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority concludes an important investigation into the suspected abuse of dominance in the sector for road transportation (LINAVA)

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Competition Council’s investigation encourages the Association LINAVA* The Competition Council (the KT) terminated the investigation into the actions by the Lithuanian National Road Carriers Association LINAVA (the Association). Allegedly, the Associations had breached Article 7 of the Law (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court approves the decision that a national professional association and 32 association members entered into an anticompetitive agreement on the application of minimum tariffs for shipping agency services (Lithuanian Shipbrokers and Agents Association)

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Supreme Administrative Court upholds competition council‘s decision to sanction Shipping Agency Companies* On 7 April, the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (the Court) approved the Competition Council‘s (the KT) decision concluding that Lithuanian Shipbrokers and Agents Association (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Council establishes a restrictive agreement as regards limitation of beer production and finds an infringement of Article 5 of the Law on Competition and Article 101 TFEU (Guild of Breweries)

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Competition Council: the agreement among brewers was not based on concerns about the public health only* On 4 March, the Competition Council (the Council) announced that the Lithuanian Guild of Breweries, AB Gubernija, UAB Kalnapilio – Tauro grupė, UAB Restoranas Apynys, TŪB Rinkuškiai, UAB (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Council clears acquisition of business related to production and provision of cell culture products, supressor genes and magnetic micro particles (GMC / Thermo Fisher Scientific)

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Competition Council clears acquisition by general electric company of GMC consolidation* On 4 March 2014, the Competition Council (the Council) cleared acquisition by General Electric Company of 100 per cent GMC Consolidation LLC shares. General Electric Company acquires a part of Thermo (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority closes merger investigation pursuant to the divesture of acquired shares by the cosmetics supplier (Fragrances International)

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Competition council terminates investigation on the actions of Fragrances International* On January 30, the Competition Council (the Council) terminated the investigation on the actions of UAB Fragrances International (Fragrances International) whereby the latter had acquired 49 per cent of (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Council closes an investigation on the suspected anti-competitive agreement between the members of the national guild of breweries

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Competition council closes investigation on suspected anti-competitive agreement between brewers* On December 23 The Competition Council (the Council) closed an investigation on the suspected anti-competitive agreement between the members of the Lithuanian Guild of Breweries. According to (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Council of the EU agrees upon a general approach on the draft directive concerning actions for damages for breaches of antitrust law that will serve as basis for negotiations with the European Parliament with a view to reaching an agreement at first reading

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Possibility to receive full compensation for damages suffered as a result of antitrust violations comes closer* On December 2, the European Union (EU) Competitiveness Council reached a general approach on a draft directive on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Competition Authority sends a warning to an oil company suspected of having implemented a merger without previous notification (Lukoil Baltija)

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Competition Council closes investigation on possibly unnotified mergers implemented by UAB Lukoil Baltija within the market of fuel retail trade* On November 6, the Competition Council (the Council) sent a Statement of Objections to UAB Lukoil Baltija suspected of having infringed the Law on (...)

Lithuanian Competition Authority The Lithuanian Regional Administrative Court of Vilnius decides to reduce the fines imposed for an illegal agreement for cash-in-transit and cash handling services markets (G4S / DNB / SEB / Swedbank)

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Court upholds the KT‘s decision on the infringement but reduces the fines imposed on G4S and banks* On 18 June 2012, Vilnius Regional Administrative Court (Court) upheld the Competition Council’s (Konkurencijos taryba, KT) decision of 20 December 2012, according to which, UAB G4S Lietuva (...)

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