The Competition Council of the Republic of Lithuania fines several undertakings for an agreement on a fixed tender fee (Advertising and Media Planning Agencies and their Association)

On 4 June 2009 the Competition Council fined a number of advertising and media planning agencies and their Association KOMAA (further: “the Association”) for an infringement of Article 5 of the Law on Competition (a national provision equivalent to Article 101 TFEU) by having fixed a common fee for a participation in tenders (further: “a tender fee”) which the undertakings required from the organizers of tenders for a procurement of advertising and media planning services. The Competition Council started the investigation on its own initiative with regard to a number of undertakings which provided advertising and media planning services in the Republic of Lithuania. At the time of the decision, the Association comprised twenty four companies which provided advertising or media planning

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Gintarė Surblytė, The Competition Council of the Republic of Lithuania fines several undertakings for an agreement on a fixed tender fee (Advertising and Media Planning Agencies and their Association), 4 June 2009, e-Competitions June 2009, Art. N° 57276

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