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INVESTIGATION INTO POSSIBLE PROHIBITED AGREEMENT IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS WILL NOT BE CONTINUED

10 04 2025

The Competition Council has terminated its investigation into whether the actions of twelve companies complied with the requirements of the Law on Competition in public procurements organised by the Electricity Distribution Operator (ESO).

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THE OWNER OF DELFI.LT, WHO DID NOT OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM THE COMPETITION COUNCIL, WILL HAVE TO SELL ONE OF ITS NEWS PORTALS 

07 02 2025

The Competition Council has not cleared the transaction by which the Estonian company Ekspress Grupp , which operates the news portal delfi.lt , acquired Lrytas , which operates the news portal lrytas.lt , and has ordered the company to restore the previous situation or remedy the effects of the concentration by selling one of the portals.

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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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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 WILL NOT INITIATE AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ACTIONS OF GO3 BALTICS

25 09 2024

The Competition Council has decided not to initiate an investigation into the actions of the company Go3 Baltics , as it would not align with the institution's priority to conduct investigations that significantly contribute to the protection of effective competition, thus ensuring the highest possible consumer welfare.

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ENEFIT HAS INFRINGED THE LAW BY IMPLEMENTING A TRANSACTION WITHOUT THE CLEARANCE OF THE COMPETITION COUNCIL

25 07 2024

The Competition Council has found that the electricity supply company Enefit infringed the Law on Competition when it entered a transaction with EGTO Energija without notifying the Authority and without obtaining its permission and took over the latter's retail contracts for the supply of electricity to its customers.

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THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE AKMENĖ DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY PROGRAM WILL NOT BE CONTINUED

30 05 2024

According to the Competition Council, free healthcare services funded by the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund (CHIF) are considered non-economic activity and thus are not subject to the requirements of the Law on Competition. Consequently, the institution decided to terminate the investigation into doctor incentive program approved by the Akmenė...

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REAL ESTATE AGENCIES BELONGING TO THE FRANCHISE NETWORK AGREED TO APPLY A MINIMUM 3 PERCENT COMMISSION FEE TO CLIENTS

16 05 2024

The Competition Council recognised that the company Capital Realty and 20 real estate agencies that signed a franchise agreement with it agreed to apply a commission fee of not less than 3 percent to clients, thus restricting mutual competition. A total fine of EUR 710,751 was imposed for violating the Law on Competition.

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THE COMPETITION COUNCIL HAS DENIED LIT EGG'S ACQUISITION OF GIRELĖS PAUKŠTYNAS

14 05 2024

The company Lit Egg will not be able to acquire the egg production business of the Girelės paukštynas poultry farm and the agricultural company Nematekas , along with the real estate necessary to administer the business. The Competition Council did not grant permission for this transaction, determining that implementing the concentration...

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THE COMPETITION COUNCIL WILL MAKE THE ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT PUBLIC AFTER COMPLETING ITS INVESTIGATION

22 01 2024

The Competition Council, taking into account the practices of the European Commission and other countries, will from now on publish on its website the information that it has completed the investigation and sent a Statement of Objections to the subjects that may have infringed the competition law, as well as other interested parties.

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THE COMPETITION COUNCIL REDUCED THE FINE FOR THE COMPANY ŠVYTURYS-UTENOS ALUS, WHICH ADMITTED TO OBSTRUCTING THE INVESTIGATION

28 12 2023

The Competition Council found that Švyturys-Utenos alus had deleted relevant information during the inspection, had not complied with the obligation to provide a copy of the data requested, and thus had hindered the investigation activities of the Authority's officials. As the company admitted that it had violated the Law on Competition by...

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OWNER OF DELFI.LT WILL HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FOR A CONCENTRATION  FROM THE COMPETITION COUNCIL OR SELL THE SHARES OF LRYTAS

22 12 2023

The Competition Council recognised that the Estonian company Ekspress Grupp , which controls the news portal delfi.lt , violated the Law on Competition by acquiring the company Lrytas , which controls the news portal lrytas.lt , without notifying the institution and obtaining its permission.

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