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Energy Community Forum #2 Energy transition : Climate policy, security of supply, coal & hydrogen projects…Your search returned 38 results Bosnia
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2nd Webinar of the « Energy Community Forum » organised by Concurrences and Energy Community, in partnership with European Economics and White & Case, with Tonja Leach (Executive Director, QUEST Canada), Anes Kazagic (Head of Strategic Development, EPBiH), Tilman Kuhn (Partner, White & (...)
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The Competition Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina following a repeated investigation prosecutes the incumbent telecom operator for obstructing access to its network (BH Telecom)On 6 February 2014 the Competition Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina (KV) in a repeated investigation has established an abuse of dominant position committed by the incumbent telecom operator BH Telecom d.d. The KV has sanctioned the dominant operator for delaying the execution of (...) -
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The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina quashes the no-infringement decision of the Competition Authority based on the concept of “single economic entity” (Elektrokontakt)On 25 February 2011 the Competition Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina (KV) closed its investigation into the alleged abuse of dominant position on the part of the dominant electricity distributor JP Elektroprivreda BiH d.d. and its 100% affiliate Eldis-tehnika d.o.o. The KV’s investigation (...) -
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The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina quashes the no-infringement of the Competition Authority for the failure to conduct an efficient investigation (Telekomunikacije)On 12 October 2011 the Competition Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina (KV) closed its investigation into the alleged abuse of dominant position on the part of the incumbent telecom operator Telekomunikacije RS a.d. The KV‘s investigation was prompted by a complaint lodged by an independent (...) -
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The Bosnian Competition Authority prosecutes a collecting society for abuse of dominance (AMUS)On 11 June 2013 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) found that a collecting society with exclusive right to collect royalties for broadcasting of musical works AMUS has abused its dominant position on the relevant market by applying discriminatory conditions towards (...) -
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The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina prosecutes healthcare administration for limiting competition in the regional market for medicines reimbursed under state health insurance system (Health Insurance Office of the Republic of Srpska)On 18 April 2013 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) established that the Health Insurance Office of the Republic of Srpska (the Office) by adopting mandatory minimum wage requirements applied to the pharmacies participating in the reimbursement of medicines supplied to (...) -
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The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina releases its 2012 annual reportOn 16 April 2013 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) released its annual report summarizing its competition law enforcement activities undertaken in 2012. Under the B&H Competition Act the KV’s annual report has to be approved by the Council of Ministers of B&H and (...) -
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The Bosnian Competition Authority finds abuse of collective dominant positions in the market of fast money transfer services (Western Union)On 6 November 2012 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) found that four Western Union agents have abused their collective dominant position on the market for fast money transfer services by including the exclusivity clauses in their cooperation agreements with the banks (...) -
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The Bosnian Competition Authority upholds the infringing decision of the National Competition Authority concerning abuse of dominant positions on the market for fast money transfer services (Raiffeisen Bank)On 6 November 2012 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) found that four Western Union agents have abused their collective dominant position on the market for fast money transfer services by including the exclusivity clauses in their cooperation agreements with the banks (...) -
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The Competition Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina prosecutes the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina for favouring domestic companies on the market for pharmaceuticals reimbursed under the national health insurance systemOn 4 October 2012 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) qualified the actions of the Government of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Government) that accorded preferential treatment to the domestically produced medicines under the national health insurance scheme as (...) -
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The Bosnian and Herzegovinian Competition Authority rejects a complaint alleging the anti-competitive character of the government subsidies for energy generation from renewable sources (APEOR)On 4 October 2012 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) rejected the complaint of the Association of renewable energy producers (APEOR) alleging the anti-competitive nature of the measures adopted by the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (VFBiH) for the (...) -
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The Competition Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina prosecutes a Serbian beer producer for resale price maintenance (Apatinska pivara Apatin / Dejan komerc)On 4 September 2012 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) held that Serbian beer producer Apatinska pivara Apatin d.o.o.and one of its B&H distributors Dejan komerc d.o.o.entered into a series of anti-competitive agreements containing resale price maintenance (RPM) (...) -
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The Bosnian and Herzegovinian Competition Authority prosecutes local administration for restricting competition on the cable TV market (CATV SAT / Municipality of Bosanski Brod)On 7 August 2012 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) prosecuted a local administration and a provider of cable TV services for the implementation of an anti-competitive agreement that inhibited the local administration from granting construction permits to the potential (...) -
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The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina evaluates a joint venture agreement in the cable TV market under the national equivalent of Article 101 TFEU (BHB Cable, ELTA-MT)On 31 July 2012 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) established that the joint venture agreement concluded by the two cable TV providers for the operation of the common cable network did not constitute an anti-competitive agreement under the national equivalent of Article (...) -
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The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina prosecutes the regional government for public procurement infringements that resulted in restriction of competition in the transports market (Centrotrans-Eurolines)On 18 April 2012 the Competition Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina (KV) established that public procurement infringements by the Sarajevo cantonal Ministry of Education, Science and Youth (the Ministry) resulted in restriction of competition on the passenger transport market. The KV found (...) -
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The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina addresses anti-competitive regulations in the regional market for medicines reimbursed under national health insurance system (Cantonal Government of Zenica-Doboj and the Cantonal Health Insurance Office of Zenica-Doboj)On 28 February 2012 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) established that the Cantonal Government of Zenica-Doboj (Ze-Do Government) and the Cantonal Health Insurance Office of Zenica-Doboj (Ze-Do Office) by adopting a series of sector-specific regulations have restricted (...) -
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The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina finds abuse of dominant position on the market for computer reservations systems (Amadeus)On 22 December 2011 Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) established that Amadeus BH d.o.o., the provider of the computer reservations system Amadeus used by the travel agencies for booking the airline tickets, has abused its dominant position on the relevant market by (...) -
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The Bosnian Competition Authority finds no anticompetitive practices on the market for telecom interconnection services in the absence of the requisite anticompetitive object and effect (Crumb / Telekomunikacije Republike Srpske / Aneks)On 17 November 2011 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) closed its investigation into the alleged existence of anticompetitive agreement between the incumbent telecom operator Telekomunikacije Republike Srpske a.d.(Telekom RS) and an independent provider of fixed (...) -
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The Bosnia & Herzegovina Competition Authority closes the investigation into the alleged abusive practices of the incumbent telecom operator without deciding on the merits (Telekom RS / Crumb group)On 12 October 2011 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) closed its investigation into the alleged abuse of dominant position on the part of the incumbent telecom operator Telekom RS. The KV‘s investigation was prompted by a complaint lodged by an independent telecom (...) -
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The Bosnian & Herzegovinian Competition Authority interprets the rules on mandatory notification of concentrations and reveals an inconsistency between the competition act and the merger regulation (Schoenherr)On 29 September 2011 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) issued an opinion in relation to the application of merger notification thresholds in cases involving foreign companies with or without presence on the domestic market. The KV’s opinion was prompted by the request (...) -
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The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina addresses anti-competitive regulations on the taxi market of one of the cantons (Ministry of Transport of the Sarajevo Canton and Assembly of the Sarajevo Canton)On 14 June 2011 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) established that the Assembly of Sarajevo canton and the Ministry of Transport of Sarajevo canton by adopting a series of sector-specific regulations have restricted competition on the market for taxi services on the (...) -
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The Bosnian & Herzegovina Competition Authority closes its investigation into the alleged predatory pricing practices on the market for TV commercialsOn 5 May 2011 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) rejected an abuse of collective dominance complaint lodged by the public TV operator Radiotelevizija Bosne i Hercegovine (BHTV) against a number of public and private TV companies (Radiotelevizija Federacije BiH (FTV), (...) -
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The Bosnian Competition Authority confirms that transfer of assets falls under definition of the “acquisition of control” under the national Merger Regulation and increases the level of fines for the failure to notify (Optima Grupa)On 7 April 2011 the Bosnian & Herzegovinan Competition Authority (KV) fined the petroleum company OPTIMA Grupa d.o.o. (OPTIMA) for the failure to notify a concentration, which took the form of asset acquisition. The KV has thus reaffirmed that acquisition of assets falls under definition of (...) -
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The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina follows EU competition law standards and rejects an anticompetitive agreement complaint in relation to affiliated companies being part of a “single economic entity” (Elektrokontakt / Elektroprivreda / Eldis-tehnika)On 25 February 2011 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) rejected an abuse of dominance complaint lodged by Elektrokontakt SA d.o.o. (Elektrokontakt) against an electricity distributor, public undertaking JP Elektroprivreda BiH d.d. (Elektroprivreda) and its (...) -
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The Bosnian & Herzegovinan Competition Authority closes the investigation into the alleged margin squeeze practices of the incumbent telecom operator (BH Telecom)On 4 November 2010 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) closed its investigation into the alleged abuse of dominant position on the part of the incumbent telecom operator BH Telecom. The KV‘s investigation was prompted by a complaint lodged by an independent telecom (...) -
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The Bosnian & Herzegovinan Competition Authority clarifies the application of the mandatory thresholds for notification of concentrations under the new merger regulationOn 10 October 2010 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) issued an opinion concerning application of the thresholds for mandatory notification of concentrations under the new Merger Regulation. Pursuant to Article 14(1) of the B&H competition law, a concentration (...) -
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The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina investigates tender procedures for the supply of the vaccines organized by the State health insurance office (Pharma-Maac)On 21 October 2009 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) received a complaint lodged by the pharmaceuticals trading company Pharma-Maac. The applicant alleged the existence of anticompetitive agreement between the Health Insurance Office of the Sarajevo Canton (hereinafter: (...) -
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The Bosnian & Herzegovinan Competition Authority issues its new leniency guidelinesOn 23 March 2010 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) adopted its new 2010 Leniency Guidelines that replaced 2006 Leniency Guidelines with effect from May 2010. This note summarizes the changes introduced by the 2010 Guidelines and highlights the remaining problems in the (...) -
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The Bosnian & Herzegovina Competition Authority initiates an investigation into potential margin squeeze practices of the incumbent telecom operators (BH Telecom / Telekomunikacije Republike Srpske)On 16 February 2010 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) opened an investigation into the potential margin squeeze practices applied by the incumbent telecom operators BH Telecom and Telekom RS. The investigation was prompted by the complaint submitted by the independent (...) -
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The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina issues on opinion regarding thresholds for mandatory notification of concentrations (BA Heinzel)On 21 October 2009 legal counsel of the Heinzel Group (Heinzel) Dr. Johannes Klezl requested Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina to express its opinion regarding Heinzel’s obligation to notify its acquisition of an Austrian company engaged in manufacturing of paper for magazines (...) -
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The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina holds that State subsidies to the wood-processing industry does not represent an anti-competitive agreement (The Union of Independent Enterpreneurs Olovo)On the basis of its grants program for stimulation of production and restructuring of the industry and mining sectors the Government of the Federation Bosnia & Herzegovina acted as co-investor in the establishment of the wood-processing joint venture “IP Krivaja 1884”, which incorporated IP (...) -
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The Bosnia & Herzegovina Competition Authority rejects the complaint regarding the alleged abuse of a dominant position by the incumbent operator of public postal services (MHS / JP BH Posta)On 30 December 2008 Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (Konkurencijsko vijece BiH) (KV) received a complaint submitted by MHS d.o.o. (MHS) alleging the abuse of dominant position committed by the public operator of postal services JP BH Posta (BHP) . MHS was a private company (...) -
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The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina rejects an undertaking’s request for relief from payment of the fine for failure to notify a merger (Integral In?enjering - Gradevinsko preduzeće Jedinstvo)In March 2008, on the basis of the publicly available information, the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (Konkurencijsko vijeće BiH) (KV) learned about the merger of two construction companies active in the federal entity Republic of Srpska : Integral Inženjering a.d. (Integral (...) -
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The Bosnian Competition Authority prohibits a merger leading to the strengthening of dominant position on the bakery products market and inflicts financial penalties on the responsible individual for the supply of incorrect and misleading information (Klas / Sprind)The merger notified to the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (Konkurencijsko vijeće BiH) (KV) concerned acquisition by Klas d.d. (Klas) of control over Sprind d.d. (Sprind), both undertakings active on the market for bakery products. At the time of the notification Klas was (...) -
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The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina clears a merger of two Internet providers and imposes a fine for submission of incorrect information (Aneks / Ki system)Summary The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (Konkurencijsko vijeće) (KV) cleared a merger between two dial-up and broadband internet providers in the cities of Banja Luka and Prijedor imposing a fine for the submission of incorrect information by the merging parties. Facts (...) -
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The Bosnia & Herzegovina Competition Authority applies EC competition law standards prosecuting exclusive importer of automobiles for abuse of dominant position (ASA Auto / MRM export-import)Summary Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina fined an exclusive importer of the Volkswagen automobiles into B&H for abusing its dominant position on the relevant market. The abuse was manifested by the refusal to deal and application of the dissimilar conditions to the (...) -
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The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina prosecutes anticompetitive agreements from the regional health insurance office (Novo Nordisk / Health Insurance Office of the Sarajevo Canton)Summary The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina qualified the actions of the Health Insurance Office of the Sarajevo Canton, which excluded the pharmaceutical products of Novo Nordisk from the list of approved medicines sold to the insured under the national health insurance (...) -
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The Bosnian & Herzegovinan Competition Authority prosecutes regional Government for intervening with competitive process on the market for pharmaceuticals reimbursed under the national health insurance scheme (Association of Foreign Pharmaceutical Producers in Bosnia & Herzegovina / Cantonal Government Sarajevo)Summary Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina qualified the actions of the Sarajevo cantonal government that provided preferential treatment to the domestically produced medicines under the national health insurance scheme as anticompetitive practice and ordered it to modify its (...)