The Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court upholds the appeals against the NCA's decision and orders a reinvestigation of the role of two dairies in the non-pricing information exchange scheme (Dairies III)

Keserauskas, Sarunas

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11 Jun 2009

The Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court upholds the appeals against the NCA’s decision and orders a reinvestigation of the role of two dairies in the non-pricing information exchange scheme (Dairies III)

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Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court (Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas), Dairies III, Case n° A822-750/2009, 11 June 2009 - not yet published

On 11 June 2009 the Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court (LSAC or the Court) overruled the earlier judgment of the Vilnius District Administrative Court (VDAC) [1] and upheld the appeals brought by two dairy firms - AB Rokiðkio sûris (RS) and UAB Marijampolës pieno konservai (MPK) - against the Competition Council's infringement decision finding them and five other Dairies (hereinafter collectively referred to as the Dairies) guilty of participating in a confidential information exchange scheme in violation of Article 5 of the Law on Competition [2]. RS and MPK asked for the annulment as a final verdict, but the Court stopped short of satisfying all their claims and ordered a reinvestigation into their actions. Because the remaining five Dairies did not appeal, the Court annulled

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Sarunas Keserauskas
Lithuanian Competition Authority (Vilnius)

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Sarunas Keserauskas, The Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court upholds the appeals against the NCA’s decision and orders a reinvestigation of the role of two dairies in the non-pricing information exchange scheme (Dairies III), 11 June 2009, e-Competitions June 2009, Art. N° 27494

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