The Bulgarian Competition Authority fines an undertaking for abusing its dominance on the funeral services market (Obreden Dom)

Gurov, Ivan

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8 Feb 2007

The Bulgarian Competition Authority fines an undertaking for abusing its dominance on the funeral services market (Obreden Dom)

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Bulgarian Commission for the Protection of Competition, 8 February 2007, Decision n°46

The Bulgarian Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) maintained its traditional tough approach towards rent-seeking in the funeral services sector in a recent decision regarding the practices of a municipal funeral agency in the town of Razgrad. In the case at stake, the town council of Razgrad has adopted a decision entrusting exclusively the management and the maintenance of the local cemetery and the processing of the administrative formalities related to funerals to a firm controlled by the municipality, Obreden Dom EOOD (OD).

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Ivan Gurov
US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (Washington)

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Ivan Gurov, The Bulgarian Competition Authority fines an undertaking for abusing its dominance on the funeral services market (Obreden Dom), 8 February 2007, e-Competitions February 2007, Art. N° 13383

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