Romanian Competition Authority

The Competition Council opens investigation into possible abuse of dominant position of Telekom Romania communications SA* The Competition Council is carrying out an investigation regarding a possible abuse of a dominant position of Telekom Romania Communications SA on the market of the (...)

The Competition Council carries out an investigation on medical waste market* The Competition Council carries out an investigation into a possible anti-competitive behavior of some undertakings operating in the market of medical waste treatment and disposal services in Romania. The (...)

The Competition Council has fined the Romanian Association of Financial Companies and 16 financial companies euro 8.47 million* The Competition Council has fined the Association of Romanian Financial Companies (hereinafter ALB) and 16 member companies lei 41,251,774 (approx. Euro 8.47 million) (...)

Competition Council approved the taking over of Total Rent S.R.L by Ok Albastru Roşu s.r.l.* The Competition Council approved the transaction through which OK Albastru Roşu S.R.L. takes over the entire share capital of Total Rent S.R.L. OK Blue Red S.R.L. is part of the Fortuna Entertainment (...)

The Competition Council Assesses the Outsourcing of Some Services by OMV Petrom* The Competition Council assesses the transactions through which OMV Petrom SA outsources some general surface operations general services related to the activities of extraction and production of oil and natural (...)

The Competition Council Analyses the Impact of Accounting and Medical Services Legislation on Competition* The Competition Council conducts a study to analyse the impact of the legislative provisions that oblige the undertakings in the field of accounting and medical services to be owned and / (...)

The Competition Council Sanctioned Five Companies With Lei 2.23 Million for Riging the Bid* The Competition Council sanctioned with fines amounting 2,237,094 lei (approx. 468,000 euro) five companies for rigging the bids on rehabilitation of the streets in Pitesti, as follows: Construct Steel (...)

The Competition Council Approved the Transaction Through Which BRD and Raiffeisen Enter CIT One Shareholders* The Competition Council approved the transaction through which BRD - Groupe Société Générale SA (BRD) and Raiffeisen Bank SA enter the shareholding of CIT One SRL, together with Banca (...)

The Competition Council Assesses the Taking Over of Glass Container by Vetropack Austria Holding AG* The Competition Council assesses the transaction by which Vetropack Austria Holding AG intends to take over Glass Container Company S.A. and Glass Container Prim S.A., located in Republic of (...)

The Competition Council Analyses the Taking Over of Erber Aktiengesellschaft by Koninklijke DSM N.V.* The Competition Council analyses the transaction by which Koninklijke DSM N.V. and its subsidiary, DSM International Participations B.V., intends to take over Erber Aktiengesellschaft. (...)

The Competition Council Sanctioned Glaxosmithkline Srl With Fine of 11.9 Million Lei* The Competition Council sanctioned GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) SRL with fine of lei 11.9 million for non-compliance with some of its commitments assumed during the investigation regarding a possible abuse of (...)

The Competition Council Authorized the Taking Over of Some Assets of Schlemmer Group by Delfingen Industry S.A.* The Competition Council authorized the transaction by which Delfingen Industry S.A. takes over some assets and shares of the Schlemmer Group. Delfingen Industry S.A. is based in (...)

The Competition Council Launches for Public Debate the Commitments Proposed by Dnata Catering SRL, Millenium Pro Design SRL and CN „Aeroporturi București” SA* The Competition Council launches for public debate the commitments proposed by Dnata Catering SRL, Millennium Pro Design SRL and Compania (...)

The Competition Council Analyses the Taking Over of Opel Automotive R Srl by Trust Motors* The Competition Council analyzes the transaction through which Trust Motors SRL intends to take over the company Opel Automotive R SRL. Trust Motors SRL is part of the group of companies owned by Mr. (...)

The Competition Council Launches for Public Debate the Commitments Proposed by BRD, Raiffeisen and BCR* The Competition Council launches for public debate the commitment proposals formulated by BRD - Groupe Société Générale SA (BRD), Raiffeisen Bank SA and Banca Comercială Română (BCR) in order to (...)

The Competition Council Analyses the Taking Over of Some Assets of Schlemmer Group by Delfingen Industry S.a* The Competition Council analyses the transaction by which Delfingen Industry S.A. intends to take over some assets and shares of Schlemmer Group. Delfingen Industry S.A., based in (...)

The Competition Council authorized the set up of a joint venture company by Al Dahra Agriculture LLC, United Arab Emirates and OCP s.a. Morocco* The Competition Council authorized the set up of a joint venture company by Al Dahra Agriculture LLC, United Arab Emirates and OCP S.A., Morocco. (...)

The Competition Council Recommends "relaxation” of Conditions for Registering the Mortgage Notices in the National Register for Movable Property Publicity* Following a sector inquiry, the Competition Council found that certain conditions of accessing the market for mortgage registration (...)

The Competition Council Launches for Public Debates the Guide on Vertical Agreements* The Competition Council elaborated the "Guide on vertical agreements" in order to support companies that have to assess, on a case-by-case basis, the compatibility of the vertical agreements they wish to (...)

The Competition Council Makes Recommendations in the Context of Reopening the Shopping Centres* The Competition Council recommends those companies that have rented commercial spaces in shopping centres to independently negotiate their contractual conditions with the owners/administrators of (...)

The Liberalization of the Natural Gas Market Should Lead to Price Reduction* In the context of the liberalization of the gas market for household consumers, the Competition Council points out that both at wholesale and retail level (household customers), there must be a normal competitive (...)

The Development of the Collaborative Economy and the Relaxation of Market Access Conditions for Traditional Service Providers Leads to the Improvement of Competition* The Coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated once again that digitalization, increasing the importance of platforms, technological (...)

The Competition Council sanctioned with 2 million euro six companies for anticompetitive agreements* The Competition Council sanctioned with fines totalling 9,002,621.75 lei (approx. 2 million Euro) for an anti-competitive agreement aiming at the limitation of marketing of the maintenance (...)

The Competition Council sanctioned three companies on wood market for rigging the bid* The Competition Council sanctioned three companies with fines totalling lei 2,315,077 (about 497,866 Euro) for rigging the bid conducted by Romsilva through the Neamt Forestry Department for the exploitation (...)

The Competition Council sanctioned 13 tourism agencies and Anat with fines of €2,45 million* The Competition Council sanctioned 13 tourism agencies and the National Associations of Tourism Agencies (ANAT) with total fines of 11.419.539.35 Lei (approximately €2,45 million) for coordinating (...)

The Competition Council sanctioned Orange Romania with fines of €14 million* The Competition Council sanctioned Orange Romania with fines of 64.915.183 Lei (approximately €14 MILLION) for abuse of a dominant position. The Competition Authority found that, in 2011-2015, the telephone operator (...)

The Competition Council sanctioned Corsar Online Srl with fines of 1.6 million lei * The Competition Council sanctioned the company Corsar Online SRL with fines of approximately 1.6 million lei for the implementation of a merger before being authorized by the Competition Authority. In the (...)

The Competition Council opened an investigation on a possible abuse of dominant position of Delgaz Grid SA* The Competition Council opened an investigation on a possible abuse of dominant position of Delgaz Grid SA, a member of E.ON Romania Group, manifested through a differentiated treatment (...)

THE COMPETITION COUNCIL INVESTIGATES A POSSIBLE ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION OF HIDROELECTRICA SA* The Competition Council opened an investigation concerning an alleged dominant possition of Hidroelectrica SA on the market of Romanian market energy production and trading. The Competition (...)

Competition Council opens investigation in the immunoglobulin market* Simultaneous inspections in Romania, Belgium and Italy The Competition Council has opened an investigation regarding an alleged agreement amongst the following producers of normal human immunoglobulins, owning marketing (...)

THE COMPETITION COUNCIL AUTHORIZED WITH CONDITIONS THE TAKING OVER OF A&D PHARMA HOLDINGS NV BY GLEBI HOLDINGS PLC* The Competition Council authorised with conditions the transaction by which Glebi Holdings PLC takes over A&D Pharma Holdings NV. Glebi Holdings PLC is part of Penta (...)

The Competition Council implements a big data informatics system through the project* “Optimizing the interaction with the business environment and the implementation of advanced data analysis and data exchange mechanisms by implementing an e-government information system and Big Data analysis (...)

The Competition Council sanctioned with fines of lei 2.8 million the public notaries from Suceava and Botosani* The Competition Council sanctioned the Chamber of Public Notaries from Suceava and 72 public notaries from Suceava and Botosani counties, members of this organization with fine (...)

The Competition Council applied fines of 73 millioan lei to 6 companies for the bid-rigging in the field of electricity comsumption equipment* The Competition Council sanctioned with fines totaling 73,100,870.37 lei (about € 15.8 million) six companies for the conclusion of two anticompetitive (...)

1) The Competition Council sanctioned with €1.1 million 3 companies selling equipment for electricity measurement* The Competition Council sanctioned with fines totalling lei 4,947,086.23 (about Euros 1.1 million) three companies for the purpose of reaching an agreement in order to limit the (...)

The Competition Council sanctioned with 23.4 million lei companies and associations on the market of security services * The Competition Council sanctioned with fines totaling 23,422,255.99 lei (about 5 million euros), 33 companies and 4 associations for setting the minimum price, (...)

The Competition Council has sanctioned 2 companies for implementing a concentration* The Competition Council applied fines of 3,056,314 lei (approx. € 655,904) to the companies CRH Ciment (România) SA and Comnord SA for the implementation of an economic concentration before its authorization by (...)

The Competition Council analyses a possible abuse of dominant position of Dante International SA* The Competition Council opened an investigation on a possible abuse of dominant position by Dante International SA on the mediation services market through online platforms in Romania. Dante (...)

The Competition Council makes recommendations for the improvement of the medical services market* The Competition Council finalized the sector inquiry on medical services in Romania and related activities and elaborated a series of recommendations for the development of this sector and (...)

The Competition Council had sanctioned five milk producer companies for rigging the bids* The Competition Council had sanctioned five milk producer companies with fines of 8,591,540 lei (approx. 1,9 milion Euro) for rigging the bids organized in 2010-2011 in Giurgiu, Ialomita and Dolj counties (...)

The Competition Council had carried out inspections within the investigation on movies distribution to cinemas* The Competition Council had carries out an unannounced inspection at Imedia Plus Group SA, company that operates www.cinemagia.ro. The inspection has been carried out within the (...)

The Competition Council launched for public consultation the report on sector inquiry on pharma market* One of the conclusions of the sector inquiry on pharma sector carried out by the Competition Council is that the generic medicines, although are with 35% less expensive than the innovative (...)

The Competition Council has irrevocably won the trial with OMV PETROM Marketing* The High Court of Cassation and Justice confirmed irrevocably the infringement of the Competition Law by OMV PETROM MARKETING (at the date of infringement called OMV) by participation in a cartel besides other (...)

The Competition Council has sanctioned two companies on the Romanian market of automatic mail processing* The Competition Council has sanctioned the companies Lykos SA Romania and Zipper Data SRL with fines amounting of 4,454,380 lei (approx. 994.000 Euro) for anticompetitive agreement. (...)

The Competition Council has sanctioned three fuels wholesale companies* The Competition Council has sanctioned with fines amounting 16.907.202 lei (approx.3,7 million Euro) three fuels wholesale companies for concluding anticompetitive agreements. The sanctioned companies are the following: (...)

The Competition Council has sanctioned Hidroelectrica SA and its 10 contractual partners with fines amounting 165,843,604 lei* The Competition Council has sanctioned Hidroelectrica SA and its 10 contractual partners, mainly electricity traders, with fines amounting 165,843,604 lei (approx. (...)

The Competition Council has sanctioned with fines SC Intercomfilm Distribution SRL and SC Hollywood Multiplex Operations SRL* The Competition Council has sanctioned the companies SC Intercomfilm Distribution SRL and SC Hollywood Multiplex Operations SRL with fines of 107.571 lei (approx. Euro (...)

The Competition Council has sanctioned HP Romania for abuse of dominant position* The Competition Council has sanctioned Hewlett - Packard (HP) Romania with fine of lei 2,966,516 (approx. Euro 665,000) for abuse of dominant position. Following the investigation conducted, the Competition (...)

THE COMPETITION COUNCIL HAS AUTHORIZED THE TAKEOVER OF 19 PHARMACIES CENTROFARM BY HELP NET * The Competition Council has authorized the take over of 19 pharmacies Centrofarm by Help Net Farma SA. By this transaction, Help Net take over the 19 pharmacies Centrofarm from 10 localities: (...)

The Competition Council launches for public debates the commitments formulated by S.C. GLAXOSMITHKLINE S.R.L.* The Competition Council launches for public debates the commitments formulated by S.C. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) S.R.L. within the investigation on possible abuse of dominant position of (...)

The Court of Justice of the European Union confirms the interpretation of the Competition Council in case of private pension fund in Romania* The Court of Justice of the European Union confirmed the interpretation of the Competition Council on the agreement’s nature to which the private (...)

The High Court of Cassation and Justice has confirmed irevocably the sanctions aplied by the Romanian Competition Council to CONDMAG and INSPET companies* The High Court of Cassation and Justice has confirmed irevocably the sanctions aplied by the Romanian Competition Council in 2012 to (...)

Low development level of life insurance sector in Romania* One of the conclusions of the sector inquiry conducted by the Competition Council on life insurance market is that this sector in Romania has a low level of development, the penetration decree is far behind that of other European (...)

Transilvania Bank can involve in the activity of Volksbank Romania* The Competition Council issued a derogation decision from the provisions of the Competition Law so that Transilvania Bank to involved in the activity of Volksbank Romania and Volksbank Services Romania before obtaining the (...)

The Competition Council has sanctioned four companies for rigging the auctions organized by ROMGAZ* The Competition Council has sanctioned with fines totalling 12,968,298 lei (approximately EUR 2.89million) four companies for rigging the auctions organized by SNGN ROMGAZ S.A. The sanctioned (...)

For the first time: The Competition Council applies sanctions for failure to comply with the commitments* The Competition Council has sanctioned Avenir Telecom and Euronet Services companies and the Professional Football League (LPF) with fines totalling 705,079 lei (approx. 156,340 euros) for (...)

Fines on taxi market in Bucharest and Ilfov* The Competition Council has sanctioned with fines totaling 2,264,875 lei (505,021 Euro) 8 enterprises active on the taxi transportation market in Bucharest and Ilfov region for participation in a tacit agreement/ concerted practice to fix the tariff (...)

The Competition Council has sanctioned 25 companies on the retail food market* The Competition Council has sanctioned 25 companies on the retail food market (4 retailers and 21 suppliers) with fines totaling 154,029,538 lei (approx. 35 million Euro). The sanctions were applied within the (...)

The Competition Council has approved takeover of SC Lemarco Cristal SRL and SC Zaharul Liesti by Agrana Zucker GMBH in Austria* The Competition Council has authorized the economic concentration by which AGRANA Zucker GmbH took over the assets of SC Zaharul Lieşti SA and SC Lemarco Cristal SRL. (...)

The Competition Council launches for public debates the commitments formulated by AGRANA ZUCKER* The Competition Council launches for public debate the commitments formulated by Agrana Zucker for removing the competition concerns identified within the operation of taking over the assets of (...)

The Competition Council has authorized the take over of AMIGO by Strauss* The Competition Council has authorized the economic concentration through which Strauss Coffee BV and Strauss Romania SRL take the control over "Amigo". The assets acquired consist of Amigo coffee brands, the (...)

The Competition Council has sanctioned 11 media companies* The Competition Council has sanctioned 11 media companies with fines totaling 14,567,555 lei (approximately Euro 3.2 million). The competition authority found out that 11 companies have participated in a anticompetitive agreement (...)