Mirta Kapural is the president of the Competition Council of Croatian Competition Agency, which is based in Zagreb, since 1 October 2021 when she was confirmed by the Croatian Parliament for this function after working as a member of the Competition Council since 25 January 2019. Until then, she worked in the Department for International and European Cooperation of Croatian Competition Agency where her main tasks included: relations of the Competition Agency with European Commission and EU competition authorities within ECN and within ICN, OECD, implementation of EU funded projects and participation in the negotiations and drafting of new EU legal instruments in competition law. Ms Kapural chaired hair the working group for the preparation of Draft Law on Amendments to the Competition Act (2020) for transposition of the EU Directive 2019/1 (ECN+Directive) and working group for the preparation of Law on damages claims for the breach of national and EU competition law (transposition of EU Directive 2014/104).After completed Law Faculty in Zagreb, she did her Master in European studies at the University of Sussex, UK. In 2012 she obtained her PhD in Company law and Competition law at University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law, PhD Thesis: “Application of leniency institute for immunity of fines or reduction of fines in competition law“. Ms Kapural is an author of numerous expert articles in national and EU Competition Law published in national and international expert magazines and books. She is a regular participant and lecturer of EU and national Competition law at national and international seminars and conferences as well as the author of the seminar and regular lecturer on EU and national Competition law in the Public School for Civil Servants. She is also engaged as short term and medium term expert for competition law in different EU funded projects.
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a) Key points and main facts of the case The CCA in its decision from 28 April 2022 found that the undertakings Agro-Vir d.o.o., Agrodalm d.o.o. and Diljexport d.o.o. Zagreb, in the period from 4 June 2012 to to 1 January 2014 and undertaking Marino-Lučko d.o.o. in the period from 1 (...)
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Interview conducted by Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman, Professor, University of Zagreb In 2021 you were appointed as president of the Competition Council by the Croatian Parliament, after serving as a Competition Council member for several years. Prior to that, you worked at the Croatian (...)
