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NON-COMPLIANCE WITH COURT DECISION RESULTED IN FINE FOR COMPANY‘S MANAGER
31 01 2019

The District Court of Vilnius imposed a fine of almost EUR 500 on V. M. for failure to leave the managerial position in a company that was involved in a cartel agreement.

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THREE PERSONS RESTRICTED OF THE RIGHT TO OCCUPY MANAGERIAL POSITIONS
07 05 2018

The Competition Council informed the Centre of Registers, which is responsible for administering the Register of Legal Entities, that Vilnius Regional Administrative Court restricted the right of Vitalijus Mukovozas, Manager of Baltic Transport Service , Andrejus Falevičius, Manager of Convertus and Gediminas Ivanauskas, Manager of Gedarta...

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COMPETITION COUNCIL RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL AWARD
12 04 2018

The Lithuanian Competition Council‘s advocacy efforts received international recognition in the Antitrust Writing Awards . The Guidelines on Anti-Competitive Agreements and Bid Rigging in Public Procurement prepared by the Council‘s experts have been voted as one of the five Most Innovative 2017 Soft Laws in the world.

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MANAGERS OF COLLUDING FIRMS FACE SANCTIONS
03 04 2018

Vilnius Regional Administrative Court (Court) upheld the Competition Council’s request to restrict the right of V. M. of Baltic Transport Service , A. F. of Convertus and G. I. of Gedarta to be the managers of a public or private legal person. It has been the first time when the Court imposed a sanction on the managers of the undertakings...

SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT OF LITHUANIA: PANEVĖŽYS CITY MUNICIPALITY BREACHED COMPETITION LAW
29 01 2018

The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (Court) rejected the appeals by Panevėžys City Municipality and the company Panevėžys specialus autotransportas and upheld the Lithuanian Competition Council’s decision, according to which the Municipality was found to have breached the Law on Competition by authorising its company to provide municipal waste management services without a competitive procedure.

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COMPETITION COUNCIL: JOINT BIDDING OF TWO CONSTRUCTION FIRMS RESTRICTED COMPETITION
21 12 2017

The Competition Council found that joint bids submitted by two Lithuanian construction firms UAB Irdaiva and AB Panevėžio statybos trestas (PST) restricted competition “by object”, in breach of Article 5 of the Law on Competition (national equivalent of Article 101 TFEU), as both firms could have bid separately. The fines imposed on firms...

SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT OF LITHUANIA UPHELD COMPETITION COUNCIL’S DECISION ON BID RIDDING
25 09 2017

The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (Court) upheld the Competition Council’s decision on two bid rigging agreements.

SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT: ORDERS OF MINISTER OF INTERIOR RESTRICTED FAIR COMPETITION
13 09 2017

The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania acknowledged that in 2004 and 2005 the Minister of the Interior adopted legal acts which granted exclusive rights to the state enterprise Infostruktūra and thus restricted the freedom of economic activity. According to the Court, such legal regulation infringed the constitutional principle of the rule of law.

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COURT: THERE WAS LEGITIMATE BASIS TO IMPOSE FINES ON BID RIGGING PARTICIPANTS
09 08 2017

Vilnius Regional Administrative Court (Court) upheld the Competition Council’s decision, according to which a bid rigging agreement was concluded by the companies acting in the municipal waste collection and transportation sector. The infringement of the Law on Competition resulted in fines.

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CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES  DID NOT ESCAPE FINES FOR IMITATING COMPETITION
04 08 2017

The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (Court) upheld the Competition Council’s decision, according to which in 2011–2012 construction companies concluded bid rigging agreements.

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EGYPTIAN PUBLIC PROSECUTION OFFICE LEARNED ABOUT COMPETITION COUNCIL’S ACTIVITIES
03 08 2017

On 1–3 August representatives from the Egyptian Public Prosecution Office learned about the Competition Council’s experience while ensuring effective competition for the benefit of consumers.

IN 2016 ONE EURO INVESTED IN COMPETITION COUNCIL BROUGHT ALMOST 8 EUROS IN RETURN
14 06 2017

On June 14 the Chairman Šarūnas Keserauskas presented the Competition Council‘s annual report to the members of the Cabinet.

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