The Israel Antitrust Authority is responsible for promoting competition in Israel and for preserving existing competition in the economy. In recent years, the Antitrust Authority has begun to focus on centralization in the market, in accordance with the Law for Promotion of Competition and Reduction of Concentration, in an attempt to reduce market-wide concentration in the Israeli economy. The Authority’s initiatives impact many different fields and sectors in the market. It strives to promote competition in the finance (banking, insurance, pension, etc.) and media sectors, and in industries such as food, retail, transportation, healthcare, infrastructure and environment protection, energy and more. These diverse activities and initiatives are made possible thanks to a quality, professional, dedicated staff that works day and night to maintain and promote competition in the market. The Antitrust Authority is authorized to enforce many different regulations, which it does in accordance with the policies that it formulated over the years and with the guidelines that it publishes. These criminal enforcement tools are utilized by the Antitrust Authority to investigate and prosecute cartel crimes and tender coordination. In recent years the Antitrust Authority was also granted the authority to impose monetary sanctions, which it uses in accordance with its manifesto that emphasizes how violation of the law interferes with competition. In addition to these tools, the Authority may declare that a law has been broken, give orders to the monopoly owner, define terms for mergers and exemptions, and more. One of the most fundamental recent developments in the Authority is its productive collaborations with other government organizations, including consultations for the government as well as activities related to the Concentration Law.
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A foreign company that refused to comply with a demand for Information will pay 110,000 ILS under a consent decree approved by the Competition Tribunal* On June 21, 2023, the Competition Tribunal (Hon. J. Tamar Bazak-Rapoport) approved a consent decree between the Director General of the (...)
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The Director-General of the Israel Competition Authority Declares Wissotzky a Monopoly in the Green Tea and Herbal Infusion Markets* After an examination that began a year and a half ago and following a hearing conducted for the company over the past months, the Director-General of the ICA (...)
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NIS 5.5 Million imposed on the Israeli Importer of the Power Tools brand Makita, for setting a Minimum Resale Price* Administrative fines, in the sum of approximately NIS 250,000-320,000 were also imposed on three senior executives in the company A few days ago, the Director General of (...)
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The Israel Competition Authority is publishing a call for public comments regarding the analysis of conglomerate mergers* The Israel Competition Authority is now calling for the public’s consideration with respect to the manner of examining conglomerate mergers and the competitive (...)
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Minimum Reporting Threshold for Mergers to Increase from NIS 10 Million to NIS 20 MillionA new, unified Notice of Merger is to replace the previous forms
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The Competition Authority reaches an agreed consent decree with Ynet* Pursuant to this consent decree, Ynet will pay the State Treasury one million shekels Today, 22 August 2021, the Competition Authority published a consent decree with Ynet (Yediot Internet), for comments by the public. (...)
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The Israel Competition Authority Recommends Opening the Network between P2P Payment Apps* The first study conducted by the Israel Competition Authority (ICA) in the digital economy arena demonstrates how the presence of a "network effect" enables a single firm to dominate the market. The (...)
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The Director General for Competition is considering to impose monetary sanctions on Facebook a for a violation of the Economic Competition Law by consummating transactions in Israel without the Director General’s consent* The Director General for Competition notified Facebook on 11 May 2021, (...)
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Verdict in the Book Cartel Case* The Jerusalem District Court imposed prison sentences on all the defendants that were convicted in the schoolbooks cartel case On Wednesday 14/3/2021, the Jerusalem District Court (His Honor Judge Oded Shacham) imposed actual prison sentences on all (...)
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Are there ‘Killer Acquisitions’ in Israel?* The Israel Competition Authority examined what happened to 21 Israeli “start-ups” that were acquired by giant technology companies the findings were submitted to the OECD The digital economy giants provide new challenges to competition (...)
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The Competition Authority has filed an indictment against Mooki Greidinger and Forum Film Ltd. for breach of merger conditions committed under aggravating circumstances* According to the Indictment, the defendants have systematically refused to supply movies to Lev Tel Aviv Cinema, a (...)
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The Competition Commissioner has Approved under Remedies the International Merger between Çimsa and Cemex, for the Acquisition of a White Cement Factory in Spain* Under the remedies, Cemex’s operations in Israel will not be sold to Çimsa, and Cemex will be required to start selling white (...)
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The Competition Tribunal has confirmed an instruction of the Director-General, which prohibits Schestowitz from reporting to Colgate-Palmolive on parallel imports of Colgate toothpaste* The Competition Tribunal granted the force of a judgment to a new instruction of the Director-General to (...)
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THE COMMISSIONER OF COMPETITION FINED COCA COLA ISRAEL APPROXIMATELY NIS 39 MILLION* The Commissioner of Competition decided today (Tuesday) to impose a monetary sanction of approximately NIS 39 Million on the Central Company for Sales and Distribution, for abusing its monopoly status, for (...)
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Notice of intent to file an agreed order for court approval* I hereby announce that in thirty days I intend to request the Competition Tribunal to exercise its permanent jurisdiction in section 50B of the Economic Competition Act, 1988 (hereinafter the Act), and give the agreement between me (...)
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The Jerusalem District Court sentenced a member of the tree-pruning cartel to 11 months’ imprisonment* The Jerusalem District Court (Judge A. Rubin) sentenced today (Wed.) the defendant Zohar Katz to 11 months’ imprisonment, a fine of NIS 100,000 and forfeiture of an additional sum of NIS (...)
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The Antitrust Authority Has Announced Its Intention to Impose Financial Sanctions on Bitan Wines and a Senior Officer Thereof for Violation of the Terms of the Merger with Mega* The Antitrust Authority has announced today (Sunday) its intention to impose a financial sanction in the sum of (...)
