THE COMPETITION COUNCIL WILL MAKE THE ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT PUBLIC AFTER COMPLETING ITS INVESTIGATION
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.
Driving schools and the Lithuanian association of driving schools (Association) which agreed to set prices of driving services for consumers will not avoid sanctions for cartel agreements. The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (Court), which partially amended the judgment of the court of first instance, reduced the fines only for two...
The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba found that 26 driving schools and the Lithuanian association of driving schools (Association) were involved in a cartel that set prices of driving lessons in three cities of Lithuania. The aforementioned anti-competitive agreement resulted in fines for companies ranging from EUR 1,500 to...
Competition Council sent a statement of objections to UAB RIMI LIETUVA suspected of abusing its market power. According to the Council‘s preliminary evaluation, the regulation and use of UAB RIMI LIETUVA marketing budget contradicts fair-trade practices and restricts the possibilities for providers to negotiate the conditions of sales.
Competition Council sent a statement of objections to Kaunas City Municipality suspected of restricting competition. The Municipality authorised a municipal company Kapinių priežiūra to provide services of Kaunas city cemetery maintenance and organisation of burial services without a competitive procedure.
Competition Council sent the Statement of Objections to several companies suspected in bid rigging. Ministerium , Nebūk briedis and TV Europa are suspected of entering into a cartel to win public tender of software production, while Nebūk briedis and Media medis - to win a public tender for infographics production. Hence, all five...
Competition Council sent a Statement of Objections to Klaipėda City Municipality (further – the Municipality) suspected of anticompetitive conduct. According to the Council, the Municipality‘s decision to authorise Audresta , Aštuoniukė , Devintoji banga , Aisčiai and Dešimtas maršrutas (further – the Companies) to provide shared taxi services without a competitive procedure breached Article 4 of the Law on Competition.