Stay informed about the latest developments in competition law in Central and Eastern Europe with Schoenherr’s multi-jurisdictional newsletter. Each issue offers insight into developments in merger control, anti-trust, as well as public and private enforcement in the region.
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Table of contents by topics
MERGER CONTROL
- Austria | Cartel court finds no jurisdiction over disputed voting rights
- Bulgaria | CEZ’s acquisition approved after reassessment of prohibition
- Czech Republic | Supreme Administrative Court backed Agency’s gun-jumping decision
- Hungary Investigation into media merger abandoned after the parties abandon deal
- Hungary fines Heineken in relation to commitments
- Poland | Polish agency fines gas distributors for gun-jumping and information delay
- Poland | Polish agency to examine practices of TV broadcasters
- Serbian Competition Authority opens a gun-jumping investigation in the pharmacy sector
ANTITRUST – CARTEL PROHIBITION
- Czech Republic | Agency fines DIY garden equipment company for RPM
- Hungary | Marketing firms investigated over market sharing
- Hungary | Cement producers investigated over potential tacit collusion and abuse of dominance
- Hungary | Top court confirms bid-rigging fines imposed on solar power firms
- Poland | Agency opens antitrust investigation into e-commerce company Allegro
- Poland | Polish agency opens two forestry bid-rigging investigations
- Poland | Polish authority fines railway sleepers producers for bid-rigging
- Poland | Gazprom appeals record EUR 6.5bln billing fine
- Poland | Gazprom appeals fine for failing to provide information in pipeline probe
- Poland | Polish agency closes marketing association probe with commitments
- Romania | Authority fines five construction companies for collusion
- Romania | Several companies challenge inclusion on authority’s collusion blacklist
- Romania | Antitrust |High Court backs annulment of lottery fine
- Romania | Introduction of a 20 % overcharge presumption in private damages cases
- Slovenia | Agency investigates potential collusion among four LPG providers
- Serbia | Serbian Competition Authority opens an investigation into potential RPM practice in the consumer electronics market
ANTITRUST – ABUSE OF DOMINANCE
- Austria | Cartel court finds no jurisdiction over disputed voting rights
- Bulgaria | CPC fined Kaufland BGN 343,000 for abuse of stronger bargaining position
UNFAIR COMPETITION
- Czech Republic | Agency’s binding statement related to the second COVID-19 wave
- Hungary | TikTok investigated over consumer protection issues
- Hungary | HCA imposes obligations on Hungarian digital accommodation booking platform Szallas.hu
SECTOR ENQUIRIES, LEGISLATION AND GUIDANCE
- HoReCa beverage supply
- Romania | Romanian agency reviewing impact of accounting, medical services HR rules
- Slovenia | Bill to merge major regulators
Table of contents by countries
AUSTRIA
- Merger Control | Austria’s cartel court has dismissed the request to rule on a dispute between media groups concerning voting rights
- Abuse of dominance | Cartel court rejected claim against national broadcaster
BULGARIA
- Merger control | CEZ’s acquisition approved after reassessment of prohibition
- Abuse of dominance | CPC fined Kaufland BGN 343,000 for abuse of stronger bargaining position
CZECH REPUBLIC
- Antitrust | Agency fines DIY garden equipment company for RPM
- Merger control | Supreme Administrative Court backed Agency’s gun-jumping decision
- Guidance | Agency’s binding statement related to the second COVID-19 wave
HUNGARY
- Antitrust | Marketing firms investigated over market sharing
- Unfair competition | TikTok investigated over consumer protection issues
- Antitrust | Cement producers investigated over potential tacit collusion and abuse of dominance
- Unfair competition | HCA imposes obligations on Hungarian digital accommodation booking platform Szallas.hu
- Antitrust | Top court confirms bid-rigging fines imposed on solar power firms
- Merger control | Investigation into media merger abandoned after the parties abandon deal
- Merger control | Hungary fines Heineken in relation to commitments
- Sector enquiry | HoReCa beverage supply
POLAND
- Antitrust | Agency opens antitrust investigation into e-commerce company Allegro
- Antitrust | Polish agency opens two forestry bid-rigging investigations
- Antitrust | Polish authority fines railway sleepers producers for bid-rigging
- Antitrust | Gazprom appeals record EUR 6.5bln billing fine
- Antitrust | Gazprom appeals fine for failing to provide information in pipeline probe
- Antitrust | Polish agency closes marketing association probe with commitments
- Merger control | Polish agency fines gas distributors for gun-jumping and information delay
- Antitrust | Polish agency to examine practices of TV broadcasters
ROMANIA
- Antitrust | Authority fines five construction companies for collusion
- Antitrust | Several companies challenge inclusion on authority’s collusion blacklist
- Antitrust | High Court backs annulment of lottery fine
- Sector enquiry | Romanian agency reviewing impact of accounting, medical services HR rules
- Antitrust | Introduction of a 20 % overcharge presumption in private damages cases
SLOVENIA
- Antitrust | Agency investigates potential collusion among four LPG providers
- Legislation | Bill to merge major regulators
SERBIA
- Antitrust | Serbian Competition Authority opens an investigation into potential RPM practice in the consumer electronics market
- Merger control | Serbian Competition Authority opens a gun-jumping investigation in the pharmacy sector