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The EU Commission approves €202 million Croatian scheme to support companies in the tourism and sports sectors in the context of the COVID-19 pandemicYour search returned 143 results Croatia
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State aid: Commission approves €202 million Croatian scheme to support companies in the tourism and sports sectors in the context of coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has approved an approximately €202 million (HRK 1.525 billion) Croatian State aid scheme to support companies of all (...)
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The Croatian Administrative Court upholds the Competition Authority’s decision sanctioning retail trading chain for imposition of unfair trading practices (NTL)UTPS: Administrative Court upholds CCA decision sanctioning NTL 450,000 kuna for imposition of unfair trading practices* The Administrative Court in Zagreb completely rejected the statement of claim of Narodni trgovački lanac d.o.o. (NTL) in the administrative dispute against the decision of (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority carries out a market inquiry in the on-line hotel booking sectorCCA carried out a market inquiry in the on-line hotel booking sector in the republic of Croatia* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) has conducted a market inquiry into the provision of on-line hotel booking services in the Republic of Croatia. The market inquiry was commenced at the end of (...) -
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The Croatian Administrative Court upholds the Competition Authority’s decision fining fruits and vegetables company for imposition of unfair trading practices (Fragaria)UTPS: Administrative court upholds CCA decision sanctioning Fragaria 350,000 kuna for imposition of unfair trading practices* On 16 December 2020 the Administrative Court in Zagreb completely rejected the statement of claim of the re-seller Fragaria d.o.o. in the administrative dispute (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority accepts commitments offered by national insurance company (Croatia osiguranje)CCA accepts commitments offered by croatia osiguranje* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) closed the infringement proceeding against the undertaking Croatia osiguranje d.d. that was opened ex-officio regarding the commercial lease agreement that Croatia osiguranje concluded as a lessee, (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority fines a business-to-business food re-seller for imposing unfair trading practices on its suppliers but reduces the fine in light of cooperation, company’s small size, and the company’s importance for the national island tourism sector (Jadranka trgovina)Unfair Trading Practices: Cca Imposes HRK 85,000 Fine on Jadranka Trgovina* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) opened three ex officio infringement proceedings against Jadranka trgovina within the meaning of the Act on prohibition of unfair trading practices in the business-to-business food (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority informs that the remedy of divesting shares in the national telecom merger has been carried out (Optima / HT)CCA OFFICIAL STATEMENT REGARDING THE PUBLISHING OF INFORMATION IN THE DIVESTMENT PROCEDURE OF OPTIMA SHARES BY HT* With respect to the queries of third parties, the Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) herewith informs the public that the divestment procedure involving the selling off the shares (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority fines a food re-seller for imposing unfair trading practices on its suppliers including consistent late payment of supply invoices (Ribola)Unfair Trading Practices – CCA Imposes Hrk 65,000 Fine on Ribola* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) opened ex officio infringement proceeding within the meaning of the Act on prohibition of unfair trading practices in the business-to-business food supply chain (UTPs Act) with the view to (...) -
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Croatia: Topical issues in the current competition lawThis paper discusses current developments in competition law in Croatia by reviewing some of the most relevant issues in these unprecedented times. One of them concerns the recent decisions of the Croatian Constitutional Court by which several judgments of the Administrative Court were quashed. (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority issues report on its groceries retail market inquiryKonzum Plus Remains the Leading Groceries Retailer, Schwarz Grupa on the Rise* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) carried out the Groceries retail market investigation, including food, beverages and sanitary products for households in Croatia for 2019. The total sample of 52 undertakings (...) -
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The EU Commission takes note of the General Court’s judgment confirming its decision to prohibit an acquisition in the construction sector in Hungary and Croatia (HeidelbergCement / Schwenk Zement / Cemex)Mergers: Commission takes note of General Court judgment in HeidelbergCement/Schwenk/Cemex Hungary/Cemex Croatia merger case* The European Commission takes note of the judgment of the General Court, which confirms the Commission’s decision prohibiting the acquisition by HeidelbergCement and (...) -
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Prohibition: The General Court of the European Union confirms, by specifying what are ’undertakings concerned’ within the meaning of the Merger Regulation, the decision of the European Commission prohibiting an acquisition by two German companies active in the field of building materials (Cemex Croatia / HeidelbergCement, Schwenk)On 5 October 2020, the Court of First Instance of the European Union delivered a judgment in Case T-380/17 (HeidelbergCement and Schwenk Zement v Commission).. The Court of First Instance dismissed the action brought by HeidelbergCement AG and Schwenk, two German companies active in the field (...) -
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The EU General Court clarifies the application of the EU merger regulation to acquisitions by joint ventures and other jointly controlled companies (HeidelbergCement)On 5 October 2020, the General Court of the European Union (the “General Court”) confirmed the 2017 decision by the European Commission (the “Commission”) to prohibit the proposed acquisition by HeidelbergCement and Schwenk of Cemex Croatia (the “HeidelbergCement case”). In its judgment, the General (...) -
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The EU General Court upholds the Commission decision to block a takeover in the construction sector (Cemex Croatia / HeidelbergCement / Schwenk)On 5 October 2020, the EU’s General Court ("GC") upheld the European Commission’s ("Commission") decision to block the takeover of Cemex Croatia by DDC thereby dismissing the case brought by DDC’s parent companies, HeidelbergCement and Schwenk Zement ("Schwenk") claiming, inter alia, that the (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority releases its 2019 annual reportAnnual Report of the Croatian Competition Agency for 2019* The Annual Report for 2019 outlines the CCA activities in the previous year and informs the political scene, the economic operators and all professional stakeholders about the operation of the CCA in 2019, ensuring the transparency (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority fines supermarket chain for imposing unfair trading practices in the business-to-business food supply chain (Kaufland Hrvatska)Kaufland Hrvatska fined 1.1 million Kuna for imposing unfair trading practices* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) fined Kaufland Hrvatska k.d. (Kaufland) 1.1 million Kuna for a serious breach of the provisions of the Act on the prohibition of unfair trading practices in the (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority finds a lack of standing to act against a public forestry and woodland management company for allegations of discriminatory behavior in the public tenders for the sale of wood chips and firewood for the production of electricity and heat (Hrvatske šume)Lack of standing to act against Hrvatske šume* Following a complaint by an anonymous complainant alleging discriminatory behaviour, in the market investigation that the Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) carried out within the case Class: 034-08/19-01/022, it investigated the contracts on the (...) -
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The EU Commission approves €322 million Croatian loan guarantees and subsidised loans scheme for micro, small and medium-sized companies affected by COVID-19 outbreakState aid: Commission approves €322 million Croatian loan guarantees and subsidised loans scheme for micro, small and medium-sized companies affected by coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has approved an approximately €322 million (HRK 2.450 million) Croatian scheme for loan (...) -
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The EU Commission approves €40 million rescue aid to Croatian mechanical engineering company (Ðuro Ðaković)State aid: Commission approves €40 million rescue aid to Croatian mechanical engineering company Ðuro Ðaković* The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, Croatia’s decision to grant mechanical engineering company Ðuro Ðaković a State guarantee for a €40.31 million (HRK 300 (...) -
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The EU Commission approves a €4 million Croatian State aid scheme in order to support fishery and aquaculture companies affected by the COVID-19 crisisState aid: Commission approves €4 million Croatian direct grant scheme to support fishery and aquaculture sector in coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has approved an HRK 30 million (approximately €4 million) Croatian scheme to support the fishery and aquaculture sector in Croatia in (...) -
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The EU Commission approves a €1billion Croatian State aid scheme that will take the form of zero-interest loans to help companies affected by the COVID-19 crisisState aid: Commission approves €1 billion Croatian schemes to support companies affected by coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has approved two Croatian schemes to support the Croatian economy in the context of the coronavirus outbreak. The schemes were approved under the State aid (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority fines major milk processor and buyer for imposing unfair trading practices on milk suppliers (Vindija)Vindija d.d. sanctioned HRK 284,000 for imposing unfair trading practices on milk suppliers* The Croatian Competition Agency found that the milk processor and buyer Vindija seriously violated the Act on the prohibition of unfair trading practices in the business-to-business food supply chain (...) -
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The EU Commission approves €790 million Croatian guarantee scheme for companies with export activities affected by coronavirus outbreakState aid: Commission approves €790 million Croatian guarantee scheme for companies with export activities affected by coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has found a HRK 6 billion (approximately €790 million) Croatian liquidity guarantee scheme for companies affected by the (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority clears concentration between marinas on the Adriatic coast (Venilia Investments)CCA clears concentration between marinas on the Adriatic coast* Venilia Investments is a part of CVC group – a special-purpose vehicle established exclusively for the purposes of this transaction. The implementation of the concentration concerned will produce effects in the provision of marine (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority clears a merger in the pay television transmission services market (Slovenia Broadband / Tele2)Slovenia Broadband and Tele2 merger approved* In the assessment procedure of the concentration between the undertakings Slovenia Broadband and Tele2 the CCA took into account all relevant facts, the results of the legal and economic analysis and the effects of the vertical concentration on (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority fines major national winemaker for unfair trading practices (Iločki podrumi)Winemaker Iločki podrumi sanctioned HRK 250,000 for imposing unfair trading practices* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) opened an ex-officio infringement proceeding against the undertaking Iločki podrumi after having assessed the writing by a supplier of grapes which was communicated to the (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority fines companies for price fixing cartel in the sewage treatment market (Daska / Krtolin / Jole / Garma-promet / Kula)Price fixing cartel in the sewage treatment market – CCA imposes fines* The Croatian Competition Agency detected a prohibited agreement – cartel between five undertakings in the Šibenik region who fixed the price in the provision of pumping out, transportation and disposal of human waste from (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority clears a merger in the liquified petroleum gas wholesale and retail market (Petrol / Crodux Plin)CCA approved Petrol/Crodux Plin LPG part of business concentration* By implementing the concentration Petrol will acquire the Crodux Plin LPG part of the business, including the undertaking Adria-Plin that operates in the LPG retail at the regional level, at one point of sale in Split-Dalmatia (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority opens an infringement proceeding against a winemaker after the contracts concluded with its suppliers of grapes (Iločki podrumi)UTPs infringement proceeding against winemaker ILOČKI PODRUMI* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) opened the infringement proceeding against the undertaking Iločki podrumi after having examined the contracts concluded between the winemaker and its suppliers of grapes. The CCA notes here that (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority opens an infringement proceeding against a mass retailer following the detection of several possibly contestable provisions in its contracts concluded with its suppliers (PEMO)CCA opens UTPs infringement proceeding against re-seller PEMO* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) opened the infringement proceeding against the undertaking PEMO from Dubrovnik after having detected one or more unclear and possibly contestable provisions in the contracts concluded between (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority finds that the national taekwondo federation did not abuse of its dominant position (Hrvatskog taekwondo saveza)Croatian Taekwondo Federation did not abuse dominant position* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) found that the latter that was sent by the Croatian Taekwondo Federation (CTF) to all its members including the complainant – the undertaking LMK, potentially limited access only to a smaller (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority clears a merger in the sugar market within the context of full liberalization and abolition of production caps on sugar beet in the internal market (Viro Grupa / Tvornica šećera Osijek)CCA clears joint venture in sugar market created by Viro Grupa and Tvornica šećera Osijek* The concentration on the basis of which a joint venture is created in the sugar production and the wholesale business means the consolidation of the sugar market in Croatia as a result of full (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority dismisses a complaint that a company violated competition rules in the transport market (HŽ Infrastruktura)HŽ Infrastruktura – lack of standing to act* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) received an anonymous complaint regarding the alleged infringement of competition rules by the undertaking HŽ Infrastruktura d.o.o. within the meaning of Competition Act. The anonymous complainant basically stated (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority opens a proceeding against a soft drink company having potentially concluded an agreement containing exclusive purchasing obligations (Coca-Cola Hrvatska)CCA opens administrative proceeding against Coca-Cola Hrvatska* The Croatian Competition Agency opened an ex-officio infringement proceeding with the view to establishing whether the company Coca-Cola HBC Hrvatska d.o.o. from Zagreb had concluded a prohibited agreement and had been engaged in (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority finds no abuse of market power from a dominant company in the food supply sector (Zagrebačka pivovara)Lack of standing to act against Zagrebačka pivovara* On 1 June 2018 the Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) received an anonymous complaint regarding the alleged anti-competitive practices of Zagrebačka pivovara in the sense of abuse of the dominant position in the market, including the allegedly (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority opens an ex-officio proceeding against a dominant reseller suspected to impose restrictive clauses to its suppliers (Plodine)CCA opens UTPs infringement proceeding against re-seller PLODINE* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) opened the infringement proceeding against the undertaking Plodine from Rijeka after having detected one or more unclear and possibly contestable provisions in the contracts concluded (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority finds that a dominant telecommunication company did not abuse its dominance through predatory pricing (VIPnet)VIPnet – no abuse of dominant position* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) found that VIPnet did not abuse a dominant position in the access to public telephone network at a fixed location for residential and/or non-residential customers, retail fixed broadband access and Pay television in (...) -
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The Croatian Constitutional Court annuls the Competition Authority’s prohibition decision due to violation of due process requirements (Private Security Companies)On 1 February 2018, Croatian Constitutional Court (in Croatian: Ustavni sud Republike Hrvatske) adopted decision no. U-III/2791/2016, annulling the prohibition decision of the Croatian Competition Agency (“CCA”) no. 580-09/88-2015-100 adopted on 17 March 2015 imposing an administrative fine on (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority issues an opinion forcing a professional association to align its pricelists with competition rules (Croatian association of forestry engineers)Croatian association of forestry engineers must align its pricelists with competition rules* Based on the writing received from the Croatian Chamber of Forestry and Wood Technology Engineers the Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) issued its opinion on the proposed Ordinance on pricelists for (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority accepts remedies proposed by companies operating in the marine engines market (Duing / Fred Bobek)Accepted Commitments by Duing and Fred Bobek* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) closed two proceedings for the establishment of prohibited agreements by accepting commitments proposed by the parties concerned – Duing d.o.o. from Viškovo and Fred Bobek d.o.o. from Vodice active in the sales (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority finds that a company did not abuse its dominant position in the provision of repair and maintenance services for cars (Grand Auto)The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) found that the undertaking Grand Auto from Zagreb did not abuse its dominant position in the provision of repair and maintenance services for the car-makes Land Rover and Jaguar in the territory of the Republic of Croatia. The sole fact that Grand Auto has (...) -
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The EU Commission prohibits acquisition of largest national cement producer by the largest national cement importers, due to insufficient divestment to fully eliminate competition concerns (HeidelbergCement / Schwenk / Cemex Hungary / Cemex Croatia)HeidelbergCement/Schwenk/Cemex Hungary/Cemex Croatia - Cement travelling across borders* In a nutshell: The acquisition of Cemex Croatia would have seen DDC transform from an expanding importer in Croatia into the largest Croatian incumbent, and customers could have no longer benefitted from (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority fines an undertaking for resale price maintenance in the white goods and small household appliances market (Gorenje)Gorenje Zagreb fined more than HRK 1.5 mil for resale price maintenance* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) imposed a fine on the undertaking Gorenje Zagreb amounting to HRK 1.557,000. The CCA found within the proceeding that Gorenje Zagreb entered into a prohibited agreement containing (...) -
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Concept of State aid: The General Court of the European Union dismisses an action against the European Commission and concludes on the absence of State aid for lack of State resources in the determination of an advantageous tariff for ports services (Trajektna Iuka Split)This judgment of the Court of First Instance is of particular relevance to the issue at hand: the finding of no State aid for failure to transfer State resources on the basis of the PreussenElektra case law, which does not often find cases that lend themselves to that conclusion (judgment of 13 (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority accepts remedies proposed by a company suspected of abuse of dominance on the funeral services market (Flora)CCA accepts commitments by Flora VTC* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) accepted the commitments offered by Flora VTC in the course of the ex-officio proceeding that it opened against this undertaking in April 2016. The CCA established within the proceeding that on the basis of the Prices (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority accepts remedies proposed by a distributor of motor vehicle parts and accessories suspected to have concluded anticompetitive vertical agreements (Drezga)CCA accepted committments by Drezga d.o.o.* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) opened the ex-officio infringement proceeding against the undertaking Drezga d.o.o., an authorised distributor for Husqvarna Group products, based on the fact that the contracts this undertaking concluded with (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority refuses to open infringement proceedings on the market of telecommunications equipment because the alleged infringer does not hold a dominant position (Ericsson NT)Ericsson Nikola Tesla: Initiative for abuse of dominance dismissed* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) dismissed the initiative for the initiation of the infringement proceedings for the establishment of abuse of a dominant position against the undertaking Ericsson Nikola Tesla (Ericsson (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Agency issues its opinion on public procurement rules relating to the purchase of fixed telephony servicesThe CCA opinion on public procurement rules for purchase of fixed telephony services* The Croatian Competition Agency communicated its opinion on public procurement rules relating to the purchase of fixed telephony services to the State Office for Central Public Procurement. This opinion has (...) -
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The Croatian High Administrative Court fines several personal protection firms for cartel (Sokol Marić)Decisions of the High Administrative Court* In the first case, by dismissing the claim of the claimants the High Administrative Court backed the CCA decision of 17 March 2015 establishing that the personal protection firms Sokol Marić, AKD-Zaštita, Securitas Hrvatska, Klemm Sigurnost, (...) -
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The Croatian Competition Authority adopts interim measures aiming at ending abusive behaviour implemented by an undertaking in the burial service market (Flora VTC)Proceeding and interim measure for undertaker Flora VTC* Within the proceeding against the undertaker Flora VTC from Virovitica the CCA will establish whether the undertaking in question has been engaged in abusive behaviour on the basis of the applicable Prices for Funeral Services in the (...)
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