KARINA KUČAIDZE-WENCEL HAS BEEN APPOINTED DEPUTY CHAIRWOMAN OF LITHUANIAN COMPETITION COUNCIL
The Chairwoman of the Competition Council, Jolanta Ivanauskienė, appointed Council Member Karina Kučaidze-Wencel as Deputy Chair effective January 15.
MONIKA RAŽUKAITĖ BEGINS HER TERM AS A MEMBER OF THE COMPETITION COUNCIL
Today, Monika Ražukaitė took up her position as a member of the Competition Council. She was appointed to the Competition Council for the tenure of six years by President Gitanas Nausėda, in accordance with the Constitution, the Law on Competition, and considering the nomination submitted by Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė.
AS LIETUVOS PAŠTAS PLANS TO CHANGE ITS PRICING, THE COMPETITION COUNCIL WILL NOT LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE COMPANY’S ACTIONS
The Competition Council has decided not to initiate an investigation into the possible abuse of a dominant position by Lietuvos paštas , having found insufficient evidence that the company may have breached commitments it undertook several years ago. Such an investigation would also not correspond to the institution’s enforcement priorities, as...
SEIMAS APPROVED REDUCTION OF FINES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW ON COMPETITION
Today, the Seimas adopted amendments to the Law on Competition (the Law) prepared by business organisations, which halve the base amount of fines imposed on offenders.
PANEVĖŽYS CITY MUNICIPALITY RESTRICTED COMPETITION BY ENTRUSTING WASTE MANAGEMENT TO ITS OWN COMPANY
The Competition Council found that Panevėžys City Municipality had violated the Law on Competition by entering into in-house transactions with a company it controlled.
GROUPS OF COMPANIES PROVIDING ELECTRONIC GRADEBOOK AND LEARNING PLATFORM SERVICES TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FORMED A CARTEL
The Competition Council has established that two groups of companies, which a few years ago were offering different electronic gradebooks and several digital learning platforms to educational institutions, formed a cartel and divided these business areas between themselves to avoid mutual competition. After the groups of companies acknowledged...
EMSI VIOLATED THE LAW ON COMPETITION BY EXPANDING ITS NETWORK OF PETROL STATIONS WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COMPETITION COUNCIL
The Competition Council found that the petrol station network operator Emsi took control of four petrol stations without the institution’s authorisation. The company has been ordered to bring the infringement of the Law on Competition to an end and has been fined a total of EUR 1,022,170.
MM GRUPP VIOLATED THE LAW ON COMPETITION BY ACQUIRING CONTROL OF ITS COMPETITOR WITHOUT PERMISSION
Estonian company MM Grupp , which owns the Apollo cinema chain, violated the Law on Competition when it acquired control of Forum Cinemas Lithuania and the Forum Cinemas cinema chain from Odeon Cinemas Group without permission of the Competition Council. The Competition Council imposed a fine of €7,507,930 on MM Grupp and obliged it...
PETROL STATION NETWORK OPERATOR EMSI SUSPECTED OF VIOLATING COMPETITION LAW
The Competition Council has completed its investigation into the suspected implementation of unnotified mergers and has sent the Statement of Objections to the petrol station network operator Emsi .
THE COMPETITION COUNCIL APPEALED THE COURT'S DECISION REGARDING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
The dispute over whether the Lithuanian Pharmaceutical Association (LPA) and its members were justifiably fined for entering into an anti-competitive agreement is moving to the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania – today, the Competition Council submitted an appeal outlining the reasons why it is requesting the annulment of the decision...
COMPETITION COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER APPEALING THE COURT‘S RULING ON THE PHARMACIES’ AGREEMENT
The Regional Administrative Court issued a ruling yesterday on the contested decision of the Competition Council, which had established that pharmaceuticals companies entered into an anti-competitive agreement between.
PARLIAMENT APPROVES AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPETITION LAW
Today, the Seimas has adopted amendments to the Law on Competition related to the consultative function of the Competition Council and the procedure for the collection of fines and interest to the state budget in cases when the decision of the Authority is appealed to the court.