THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AWAITS EXPLANATIONS FROM LITHUANIA REGARDING THE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS TO THE LAW ON COMPETITION
The European Commission (EC) has officially contacted several Lithuanian institutions, informing them that the amendments to the Law on Competition, which entered into force on 1 May of this year and significantly reduce fines for violations of competition law, may be contrary to the provisions of European Union (EU) law. The institutions have...
AMENDMENTS TO THE LAW ON COMPETITION REDUCING FINES HAVE ENTERED INTO FORCE
On 1 May, amendments to the Law on Competition entered into force, reducing the base amount of fines imposed for infringements by half. In this context, the Government approved an updated Rules for Determining the Amount of Fines for Infringement of the Law on Competition.
VEHICLE SPARE PARTS SUPPLIERS THAT PRETENDED TO COMPETE IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES ADMIT BREACHING THE LAW ON COMPETITION
The Competition Council found that the company Manado and the small partnership Parts Ready had formed a cartel in public procurement procedures for vehicle spare parts: they coordinated their actions and commercial offers, including the price of parts. As the companies admitted having violated the Law on Competition, their fines were...
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.
INFRINGEMENT IDENTIFIED BY THE COMPETITION COUNCIL MAY DETER ALMOST HALF A HUNDRED POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS
The Competition Council's activities bring not only direct but also indirect benefits to consumers. The latter manifest itself through the deterrent effect of the institution's decisions, when companies, aware of the investigations being conducted and possible sanctions, refrain from illegal actions or cease them. Surveys of businesses and...