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, and unfair competition
in the region.
This edition's main takeaways:
Antitrust:
Several investigations in CEE pertaining to collusion in response
to the current emergency.
Unfair competition:
The Czech Supreme Court has ruled that parts of the Czech UTP act
are unconstitutional.
A draft UTP act has been proposed in Romania, which would up the
ante on local UTP enforcement significantly.
EUR 7m fine in Hungary on booking.com.
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Table of Contents
COVID-19 advisory and enforcement
National competition authorities' advisory and enforcement in
the context of COVID-19 (April 2020)
Austria
Pool equipment supplier may face fine for vertical restraints
Czech Republic
Unfair Competition: Czech Constitutional Court upholds Act on
Significant Market Power but declares 3 % limit on marketing
payments unconstitutional
Hungary
Collusion fine on banking association overturned by country's
top court
Hungarian Competition Authority imposed a record fine of
HUF 2.5bln (approx. EUR 7m) on Booking.com for unfair
commercial practices
Investigation into aggressive communication practices on
website
Upcoming amendments to the Competition Act
Romania
The renewal of the Competition Council president's mandate
falls outside the scope of the ECN+ Directive
Consultation on draft legislation to implement the Unfair Trading
Practices Directive
Slovakia
Competition Authority opens industrial park abuse
inquiry
Slovak postal firm under scrutiny for withholding
information
Slovenia
The Agency exposes Coca-Cola as an example of good practice in
ensuring compliance with competition regulations
Turkey
Turkish Coca-Cola bottling company facing competition
investigation
Originally published 22 May, 2020
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