A Czech Court confirms that a regulation of a professional chamber which contains recommended minimal prices amounts to a prohibited decision by an association of undertakings, despite the fact that such regulations are expressly provided for by national legislation (CKAIT - Chartered Engineers)

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Regional Court in Brno, CKAIT v. UOHS, 16 May, 2006 (Czech)

President of the Czech Office for the Protection of Competition, CKAIT, Decision No. R 1/2004, 9 March 2005 (Czech)

Office for the Protection of Competition, CKAIT, Decision No. S-188/03, 15 December 2003 (Czech)

The Regional Court in Brno has rejected the appeal against the decision of the Office for the Protection of Competition (the “Office”) in which the latter stated that a regulation on services and fees, adopted and published by the Czech Chamber of Chartered Engineers and Technicians of the Construction Business (Ceská komora autorizovaných inženýru a techniku cinných ve výstavbe, “CKAIT”), is a prohibited decision of an association of undertakings under section 3 paragraph 1 of the Czech Act on the Protection of Competition (the “Competition Act”; section 3 paragraph 1 of the Competition Act mirrors Article

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Robert Pelikán, Jan Převrátil, A Czech Court confirms that a regulation of a professional chamber which contains recommended minimal prices amounts to a prohibited decision by an association of undertakings, despite the fact that such regulations are expressly provided for by national legislation (CKAIT - Chartered Engineers), 16 mai 2006, e-Competitions May 2006, Art. N° 1388

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