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THE COMPETITION COUNCIL REDUCES MERGER REVIEW FEES

14 02 2025

The Competition Council has changed the amounts of fees for the examination of notifications of concentration and applications for authorisation to carry out individual concentration actions, considering the costs incurred by the Authority.

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THE OWNER OF DELFI.LT, WHO DID NOT OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM THE COMPETITION COUNCIL, WILL HAVE TO SELL ONE OF ITS NEWS PORTALS 

07 02 2025

The Competition Council has not cleared the transaction by which the Estonian company Ekspress Grupp , which operates the news portal delfi.lt , acquired Lrytas , which operates the news portal lrytas.lt , and has ordered the company to restore the previous situation or remedy the effects of the concentration by selling one of the portals.

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BUSINESS SURVEY: MOST COMPANIES ARE AWARE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW ON COMPETITION, BUT EDUCATION IS STILL NEEDED

05 02 2025

A survey conducted by Spinter Research on behalf of the Competition Council reveals that more than two-thirds of Lithuanian businesses are aware of the main requirements of competition law, such as the prohibition to enter into anti-competitive agreements. Given the continuing need to raise awareness of competition rules, the Authority will...

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COMPETITION COUNCIL STARTS ITS SUPERVISORY FUNCTIONS FOR DIGITAL MARKETS

02 01 2025

Following the entry into force of the Law on the Supervision of Online Intermediation Services and Online Search Engines, as of 1 January 2025, the Competition Council will take on new supervisory functions for online platforms.

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COURT: THE COMPETITION COUNCIL RIGHTLY DETERMINED THAT NOTARIES’ AGREEMENT RESTRICTED COMPETITION

15 11 2024

The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (Court) confirmed the findings of the Competition Council’s investigation, establishing that the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries restricted competition among notaries and violated both the Competition Law and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). An expanded panel of judges,...

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A HEAT PUMP MANUFACTURER IS SUSPECTED OF PRICE FIXING IN THE RESALE OF ITS PRODUCTS, THEREBY RESTRICTING COMPETITION BETWEEN DISTRIBUTORS

07 08 2024

The Competition Council suspects that Iglu Tech , a manufacturer of heat pumps, has restricted competition among its distributors by fixing the resale prices of its products to be charged to the end-users by the companies that distributed heat pumps throughout Lithuania. The Statement of Objections (SO) was also sent to Axioma Servisas , which...

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THE COMPETITION COUNCIL CHANGES ITS SANCTIONING PRACTICE FOR UNREPORTED BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

05 08 2024

A merger or acquisition transaction executed without the approval of the Competition Council is a serious breach of competition law, for which the company implementing the concentration is held liable. In order to ensure that the fines more proportionately reflect the financial capabilities of the offender benefiting from the unreported...

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ENEFIT HAS INFRINGED THE LAW BY IMPLEMENTING A TRANSACTION WITHOUT THE CLEARANCE OF THE COMPETITION COUNCIL

25 07 2024

The Competition Council has found that the electricity supply company Enefit infringed the Law on Competition when it entered a transaction with EGTO Energija without notifying the Authority and without obtaining its permission and took over the latter's retail contracts for the supply of electricity to its customers.

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THE GUIDELINES OF THE COMPETITION COUNCIL PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR E-COMMERCE BUSINESSES

24 07 2024

In order to contribute to a better understanding of the competition law requirements for businesses in the digital space, the Competition Council has prepared Guidelines on e-commerce, which provide the most relevant information on the prohibition of anti-competitive agreements and recommendations for the e-commerce sector.

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ENEFIT MAY HAVE INFRINGED THE LAW BY TAKING OVER CONTRACTS OF EGTO ENERGIJA CUSTOMERS WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE COMPETITION COUNCIL

19 06 2024

The Competition Council has completed its investigation into the implementation of an unnotified concentration and sent a Statement of Objections (SO) to Enefit , an electricity supplier, for a possible infringement of the Law on Competition.

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A NOTICE OF SUSPECTED VIOLATION HAS BEEN SENT TO COMPANIES SELLING FOOD SUPPLEMENTS AND COSMETIC PRODUCTS

04 06 2024

The Competition Council concluded its investigation and sent a Statement of Objections (SO) to Giantera , a company supplying and distributing food supplements and cosmetics under the brand name Dr. Ohhira , and to other companies distributing these products.

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THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE AKMENĖ DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY PROGRAM WILL NOT BE CONTINUED

30 05 2024

According to the Competition Council, free healthcare services funded by the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund (CHIF) are considered non-economic activity and thus are not subject to the requirements of the Law on Competition. Consequently, the institution decided to terminate the investigation into doctor incentive program approved by the Akmenė...

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