THE 2023 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMPETITION COUNCIL WAS PRESENTED
Chairwoman of the Competition Council, Jolanta Ivanauskienė, presenting the 2023 Annual Report at an interinstitutional meeting in the Government this week, overviewed the main results achieved by the institution in the past year and answered questions.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT COMPLETED IN KOSOVO WITH THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
To mark the end of a nearly five-year European Union (EU) technical assistance project in Kosovo, an EU-initiated roundtable was held in Pristina. It was attended by representatives of the authorities responsible for the implementation of the project, including experts from the Competition Council, the beneficiaries of the project – the Kosovo...
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.
E. ŠATAS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AT THE COMPETITION COUNCIL
Former Competition Council Member Elonas Šatas continues to work within the institution and starting 22 September of this year, he has taken on the role of Senior Advisor.
Today, the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania, the Seimas, approved amendments to the Law on Competition, which aim to create conditions for more effective enforcement of competition and state aid rules in Lithuania. Among the most important changes, is the rules on recovery of unlawful and/or incompatible with the EU internal market state...
The competition law journal and news service Global Competition Review, which conducts an annual ranking of the world‘s competition authorities, gave the Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba three stars of five for eight years in a row. Competition authorities from Belgium, Latvia, Poland, Switzerland and some other countries...
More targeted state aid measures, the reduction of administrative burden for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), more information on alternative financing opportunities and enhanced financial reporting of enterprises – these recommendations and measures of their implementation have been presented by the Bank of Lithuania and the...
The Regional Conference "State Aid and Western Balkans’ Economies" gathered on 24 November 2021 representatives of the Serbian Commission for State Aid Control, European Commission, state aid control bodies from the region and European experts who exchanged experience during the current COVID-19 pandemic, which has significantly affected the...
Businesses are currently facing particular challenges due to the coronavirus crisis, which may encourage companies to cooperate with each other in order to overcome the negative consequences to the benefit of consumers, for example by ensuring the supply of scarce products.
Having summarized information received from the European Commission, Konkurencijos taryba prepared a report on state aid granted in Lithuania in 2018.