The Czech Parliament amends the Significant Market Power Act to extend its application from retail to all levels of the agricultural supply chain

A significant amendment to the Czech Significant Market Power Act The Czech Republic have had an Act on significant market power in the sale of agricultural and food products and its abuse (the 'SMP Act') in effect since 2010. In the light of the Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain (the 'Directive'), the SMP Act has recently seen a large amendment. (Act no. 359/2022 Coll. amending Act No. 395/2009 Coll., on significant market power in the sale of agricultural and food products and its abuse, as amended (the 'Amendment')). The Amendment, which became effective 1 January 2023, went beyond a simple harmonisation of the SMP Act with the Directive. It saw numerous modifications and additions in