The Czech Competition Authority sanctions a bid-rigging agreement on projecting high-speed rails (Sudop / VUZ)

Chloupek, Vojtech; Švejda, Jiři

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27 Jan 2021

The Czech Competition Authority sanctions a bid-rigging agreement on projecting high-speed rails (Sudop / VUZ)

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Czech Competition Authority, Sudop / VUZ, Case ÚOHS-02343/2021/853/PBe, 27 January 2021 (Czech)

Leniency programmes and settlement procedures are commonly used by the Czech Office for the Protection of Competition (“Office”). The leniency programme was used as a “soft law” by the Office since 2001 to promote discovery of unlawful horizontal agreements. As for the settlement procedure, it started to be applied in the Office's practice in 2008 without any legislative basis and aims at a "simplified" and therefore less costly procedure. The

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Vojtech Chloupek
Bird & Bird (Prague)

Czech Republic 25 contributions 4015 visits
Jiři Švejda
Dentons (Prague)

Czech Republic 14 contributions 3061 visits

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Vojtech Chloupek, Jiři Švejda, The Czech Competition Authority sanctions a bid-rigging agreement on projecting high-speed rails (Sudop / VUZ), 27 January 2021, e-Competitions Transport (rail), Art. N° 99803

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