The Competition Council‘s Chairman Šarūnas Keserauskas (hereinafter – Chairman) met with Visvaldas Matijošaitis, Mayor of Kaunas City Municipality (hereinafter – Municipality), to discuss competition law issues and suggest solutions to competition problems in the Municipality.
Last week after the final ruling of the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania UAB Mantinga paid a fine of EUR 2 151 417 and EUR 192 569 of interest. The Competition Council (hereinafter – Council) fined UAB Mantinga for a 10-year-long anti-competitive agreement with MAXIMA LT, UAB (hereinafter – MAXIMA LT ). The parties...
The Competition Council (hereinafter – Council) found that Pakruojis District Municipality (hereinafter – Municipality) failed to meet the Council‘s obligation – create non-discriminatory conditions for undertakings willing to provide municipal waste collection and transportation services (hereinafter – Services) in Pakruojis district.
The Competition Council (hereinafter – Council) found that UAB Nemuno vaistinė (hereinafter – Company) made false claims about 30 per cent cheaper products sold in the pharmacies of Camelia (hereinafter – Camelia ), and thus breached Article 5 of the Law on Advertising.
On 29 August Vilnius Regional Administrative Court (hereinafter – Court) rejected the appeal by Panevėžys City Municipality (hereinafter – Municipality) against the Competition Council‘s decision of 16 July 2016 whereby the Municipality restricted competition and consumer rights in the municipal waste management sector.
Vilnius Regional Administrative Court (hereinafter – Court) rejected the appeals by UAB Aštuoniukė , UAB Audresta and UAB Vežesta and upheld the Competition Council‘s decision whereby Klaipėda City Municipality (hereinafter – Municipality) breached Article 4 of the Law on Competition.
On 18 August the Competition Council (hereinafter – Council) cleared the acquisition of 100 per cent of BTA Baltic Insurance Company AAS (hereinafter – BTA ) shares by VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP AG (hereinafter – VIG ) on condition that VIG will sell the part of business of Compensa Vienna Insurance Group ,...
Šarūnas Keserauskas, Chairman of the Competition Council (hereinafter – the Council), presented the authority‘s achievements of 2015 to the members of the Cabinet.
The Competition Council (hereinafter – the Council) found that Trakai District Municipality (hereinafter – Municipality) did not create non-discriminatory conditions for undertakings willing to execute maintenance works of public areas in Trakai District and, thus, failed to comply with the obligations imposed by the Council.
The Competition Council brings real benefits to consumers – after its intervention the Austrian online store www.ecco-verde.com restored the shipping of cosmetic products to Lithuania.
The Competition Council cleared a merger whereby UAB Luktarna took on lease 73 fuel stations owned by UAB Lukoil Baltija for five years, with possibility of extension. Having received the Competition Council‘s preliminary assessment, UAB Luktarna withdrew its intention to rent the remaining three fuel stations and, thus, avoided possible...
After the final ruling of the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania MAXIMA LT, UAB ( MAXIMA LT ) paid a cartel fine of EUR 13 666 216 and EUR 1 082 095,46 of interest. The Competition Council fined MAXIMA LT for a 10-year-long anti-competitive agreement with UAB Mantinga . The parties agreed to refrain from selling...