Aleksander is a senior partner at WKB Wierciński Kwieciński Baehr and heads the competition practice of the Firm. He is widely recognized as one of the leading Polish competition lawyers and features in, inter alia, Chambers Europe, The Legal 500, Global Competition Review, Who’s Who Legal Competition Lawyers and Future Leaders. He has also extensive experience in public procurement law and in regulatory issues, in particular in the energy sector.
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Let me get this straight from the beginning. I am not a big fan of the trend among the competition authorities to introduce whistleblowing programs. For me this seems to be rather a sign of weakness and not of strength. If other available tools (and especially the leniency program) worked well (...)
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The Polish Competition Authority gains new powers to fight unfair practices in the food industry* The Act on Combating Unfair Use of Contractual Advantage in Trading in Agricultural and Food Products (the “Act”) will enter into force in the mid-2017. The objective of the Act is to eliminate (...)
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The Minister of the State Treasury will control mergers and acquisitions in strategic sectors of Polish economy* On 30 September 2015, the Act on Control of Certain Investments (the “Act”) enters into force. The Act aims to create mechanisms to protect against hostile takeovers of companies (...)
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Polish revolution – far reaching changes to Polish competition law. Part 1 – fines for individuals* On 10 June 2014, the Polish Parliament adopted a significant set of amendments to the Polish Competition Law Act (the “Act”). Having received Presidential approval on 30 June 2014, the amended Act (...)
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On 31 December 2013, the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (hereinafter “the OCCP President”) issued a decision concerning minimum resale price maintenance practices on the market of ski equipment and accessories in Poland (Decision No. DOK – 7/2013). Although the (...)
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Franchise networks under siege from the Polish competition authority over alleged RPM arrangements* In its decision of 25 June 2013, the Polish competition authority has fined Sfinks Polska the amount of PLN 464,228.92 (approximately €107,000) for imposing fixed resale prices on its (...)
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Polish competition authority : plans to launch a new product can hardly offer a justification for resale price maintenance* The Polish competition authority (Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów, “PCA”) has recently addressed the issue of resale price maintenance clauses (“RPM”) (see (...)
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Poland: a grand new opening?* (1) Significant changes to the Polish Competition Law are on the way. One could probably not imagine a better case for a debut in this blog. The Polish Competition Authority, or PCA (the President of the Office for Protection of Competition and Consumers), (...)
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In the decision from April 19, 2010 the President of the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (hereinafter the “OCCP President”) found that the Ethics Code of the Notary (hereinafter the “Code”) adopted by the Council of the Notary of Poland (hereinafter the “Council”) contains provisions (...)
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On December 8, 2009, the Polish competition authority, the President of the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection, issued a decision in which it found that 11 companies operating on the cement market entered into an anticompetitive agreement breaching Polish national law and the EU (...)
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The recent verdict to the Polish Supreme Court seems to put to an end a very old dispute over the refusal to grant access to the Polish gas transmission system. It also deserves attention as it discusses the nature of the anticompetitive practices that amount to “refusal to sale”. Facts of the (...)
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Introduction Polish competition authority questions the practices of the Polish Musical Performing Artists’ Association (SAWP - Stowarzyszenie Artystów Wykonawców Utworów Muzycznych i Słowno-Muzycznych). In the decision from June 10, 2009, the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer (...)
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The Polish competition authority imposed a fine of PLN 11 million (approx. EUR 3 million) on ENEA Operator S.A., a company distributing electricity in the northwestern Poland, which serves over 2,5 million customers. The President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (“the OCCP (...)
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This section selects books on themes related to competition laws and economics. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey of themes important in the area. The survey usually covers publication over the last three months after publication of the latest issue of (...)
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