News
2021
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21.12.2021The Commission for Protection of Competition has addressed allegations for committed abuse of a dominant position to „Veolia Energy Varna“ EAD, Varna cityThe proceedings before the CPC have been initiated upon a formal request from “Holiday and Raisen” EOOD, Varna
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10.12.2021The Commission for Protection of Competition established abuse of dominant position, committed by "Dr. G. Stranski university multiprofile hospital for active treatment" EADBy Decision No 1204/09.12.2021 delivered under case No. КЗК-288/2020, the CPC found that "Dr. G. Stranski university multiprofile hospital for active treatment" EAD committed an abuse of dominant position by unjustified refusal to enter into a contract for the provision of services by a nuclear medical laboratory, which impedes the participation of medical establishments in the markets for diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary thromboembolism without fibrinolytics and for diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary thromboembolism with a fibrinolytic.
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15.11.2021CPC has addressed allegations for committed abuse of dominant position under art. 21 of the LPC and art. 102 of the TFEU by LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas AD and LUKOIL Bulgaria EOODGiven the socio-economic importance of fuels, due to their direct impact on the entire Bulgarian economy and on the prices of goods and services offered on the Bulgarian market, within the initiated antitrust proceedings the Commission conducted an analysis of the competitive environment of the markets in the chain of sales of automotive fuels.
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03.08.2021The Commission for Protection of Competition has addressed allegations for committed abuse of a dominant position by two medical treatment facilitiesIn the context of the global Covid -19 pandemic, the Commission has made monitoring of the supply of goods or services related to consumers’ health its priority.
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13.04.2021The CPC sanctioned wholesalers of leading brands children's goods for infringements of competitionBy Decision No. 369/08.04.2021 the Commission for Protection of Competition imposed a pecuniary sanction in the amount of 434 634 BGN on SMART SM OOD for committed infringement of art. 15 of the Law on Protection of Competition (LPC), manifested in participation in a prohibited agreement for resale price fixing of child care and mother care products between SMART SM and its clients.
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13.12.2021The Commission for Protection of Competition established abuse of dominant position, committed by "Dr. Bratan Shukerov multiprofile hospital for active treatment" ADBy Decision No. 1205/09.12.2021 delivered under case No. КЗК-366/2020, the CPC found that "Dr. Bratan Shukerov multiprofile hospital for active treatment" AD committed an abuse of dominant position by unjustified refusal to provide a service to the Medical Center "SMOLYANI" - Outpatient Clinic for Specialized Outpatient Medical Care Ltd. (MC "SMOLYANI - ASIMP" Ltd.) in order to hinder its business activities.
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01.12.2021The Commission for protection of competition opens a sector inquiry to examine the competitive environment on the e-commerce market of consumer goods and services on the territory of the countryIn the context of the rapidly growing digital economy, which has a particularly important role in the pandemic caused by the spread of a coronavirus (Covid-19), e-commerce has been observed to have a growing social and economic importance.
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02.09.2021The rules of Competition law in times of crisisDue to the Covid-19 crisis throughout Europe and the world, the Bulgarian businesses are facing particular challenges.
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28.07.2021The CPC sanctioned 30 companies for participation in a cartel within the Energy Efficiency of Multi-Family Residential Buildings National Programme in PlovdivBy Decision No. 762/22.07.2021 the Commission established an infringement of art. 15, par. 1 of the CPC between the participants in a public tender under the National Program for Energy Efficiency of Multi-Family Residential Buildings, opened by Decision No. 15 РОП-21/10.03.2015 of the mayor of Plovdiv municipality.
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18.01.2021The CPC has authorized UNITED MEDIA to acquire Nova Broadcasting GroupBy Decision № 37/14.01.2021, the Commission on Protection of Competition has authorized UNITED MEDIA S.a.r.l., Luxembourg to acquire sole control over Nova Broadcasting Group EOOD and its subsidiaries and joint control over Financial Marketplace AD, Grabo Media AD and Attica Eva AD.