THE OECD RECOMMENDS PROMOTING COMPETITION IN DIGITAL MARKETS AND ENSURING THEIR OPENNESS
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), together with the Lithuanian Competition Council and the competition authorities of Poland and Latvia, has completed the nearly two-year European Union technical assistance project “Competition Market Study: Digital Sector – Poland, Latvia and Lithuania” and presented...
THE COMPETITION COUNCIL IDENTIFIES FOUR SECTORS TO PRIORITISE THIS YEAR
Energy, defence, retail trade, and digital markets – these are the sectors that the Competition Council has designated as priorities for 2025. The Authority plans not only to monitor developments in these markets but also to take proactive investigative and preventive actions, conduct educational initiatives, and collaborate with other...
COMPETITION COUNCIL STARTS ITS SUPERVISORY FUNCTIONS FOR DIGITAL MARKETS
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.
RELEVANT COMPETITION LAW ISSUES WERE DISCUSSED AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Association activities and the regulation of digital markets were the focus of the traditional Baltic Competition Conference in Vilnius, which brought together competition law, economics and other professionals from several countries in the region.
THE COMPETITION COUNCIL AND ITS PARTNERS WILL IMPLEMENT A PROJECT ON DIGITAL MARKETS
The Competition Council, together with the Polish and Latvian competition authorities and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), will implement the European Union (EU) technical assistance project "Competition Market Study: Digital Sector – Poland, Latvia and Lithuania" to help ensure competitiveness in the digital...
THE COMPETITION COUNCIL INVITES TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES AND THE SUPERVISION OF DIGITAL MARKETS
On 12 September, the Competition Council will host the traditional Baltic Competition Conference (BCC), where professionals from the fields of competition law, economics, and other areas will discuss current issues in competition policy, with a particular focus on the regulation of association activities and digital markets.
THE GUIDELINES OF THE COMPETITION COUNCIL PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR E-COMMERCE BUSINESSES
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.
FOUR PRIORITY SECTORS UNDER THE COMPETITION COUNCIL'S SPOTLIGHT
The Competition Council has decided to focus its attention on the energy, health (including pharmaceuticals), retail trade and digital markets sectors in 2024.
On 14 and 15 November the 18th Baltic Competition Conference was held and this time it was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Competition Council of Latvia. In the conference the special attention was paid to involvement of public administrative bodies - state and local governments – in business, as well as challenges of competition law of...
In the strategic plan 2022 the Lithuanian Konkurencijos taryba has identified four priority sectors. The authority is planning to monitor more closely competition restrictions in the labour market, health sector (including pharmaceuticals), retail trade and e-commerce, as well as to take active enforcement and advocacy actions.
The meeting of the European Competition Authorities, informal network that gathers together the European antitrust authorities, has marked the twentieth anniversary of its establishment in Rome.
On September 10, the management of the Baltic competition authorities met in Riga to discuss current competition law issues in the Baltic States and discuss cooperation, joint projects, and possible market analysis and studies.