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COMPETITION COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER APPEALING THE COURT‘S RULING ON THE PHARMACIES’ AGREEMENT

18 06 2025

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.

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INFRINGEMENT IDENTIFIED BY THE COMPETITION COUNCIL MAY DETER ALMOST HALF A HUNDRED POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS 

16 06 2025

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...

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PARLIAMENT APPROVES AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPETITION LAW

15 05 2025

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.

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MM GRUPP MAY HAVE VIOLATED THE LAW BY TAKING CONTROL OF FORUM CINEMAS AND ITS CINEMAS WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE COMPETITION COUNCIL

08 05 2025

The Competition Council has completed its investigation into the implementation of an unnotified merger and has sent a notification of a possible infringement of the Law on Competition to the Estonian company MM Grupp .

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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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TWO SAUDI ARABIAN KINGDOM COMPANIES RECEIVED PERMISSION TO CARRY OUT A MERGER

17 01 2025

Saudi Arabian Oil Company will be able to acquire a 22.5% share in Rabigh Refining and Petrochemicals Company (in addition to the 60% it already owns in total) and acquire sole control of the company. The transaction between the two Saudi Arabian companies was cleared by the Competition Council. 

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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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RESTRICTED COMPETITION BETWEEN DISTRIBUTORS HAS PREVENTED CONSUMERS FROM GETTING CHEAPER HEAT PUMPS

12 12 2024

The Competition Council found that Iglu Tech , a manufacturer of heat pumps, had 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. As a result, Iglu Tech and its holding company, Unit Invest , were jointly...

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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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THE UNDERTAKINGS' ANTI-COMPETITIVE AGREEMENT DENIED CONSUMERS LOWER PRICES FOR FOOD SUPPLEMENTS AND COSMETICS

14 11 2024

The Competition Council found that Giantera , the official representative of the Dr. Ohhira brand in Lithuania, and 19 distributors of its products had agreed not to sell food supplements and cosmetic products at prices lower than the supplier's prices, and not to offer discounts and promotions to consumers. The companies were fined a total...

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THE COMPETITION COUNCIL AND ITS PARTNERS WILL IMPLEMENT A PROJECT ON DIGITAL MARKETS

13 09 2024

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...

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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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