CCA is the national regulator for the implementation of the Digital Markets Act
The Regulation on the implementation of the Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2022 on contestable and fair markets in the digital…
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ArchiveCCA clears the acquisition of Croatia banka by Hrvatska poštanska banka
20.07.2026
The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) has approved, in Phase I, a concentration arising from the acquisition of sole control on a permanent basis by Hrvatska poštanska banka d.d., Zagreb, over…
Croatian Competition Agency and Audit Authority for EU Programmes Sign Cooperation Agreement
20.07.2026
Neven Šprlje, director of the Agency for the Audit of European Union Programme Implementation Systems (ARPA), and Mirta Kapural, PhD, president of the Competition Council signed a Cooperation Agreement aimed…
CCA opens proceedings and conducts dawn raids in public procurement of private security services
16.07.2026
The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) has initiated proceedings against STORM SECURITY d.o.o., with its registered office at Rubeši 176B, Kastav, and PROSIGUR USLUGE d.o.o., with its registered office at Cambierieva…
Tackling unjustified territorial supply constraints – EC consultations open
16.07.2026
Territorial supply constraints are limitations imposed by certain large manufacturers that make it very difficult or impossible for retailers to buy products in one EU country and resell them in…
Second Annual Conference of Regulatory Authorities – The Impact of Global Instability on the Work of Regulators
06.07.2026
The second annual conference of regulatory authorities, held today at the Croatian National Bank (HNB), brought together representatives of Croatia's regulatory institutions to exchange experience, identify common challenges, and strengthen…
CCA fines Kaufland Hrvatska EUR 300,000 for imposition of unfair trading practices
24.06.2026
The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) fined KAUFLAND HRVATSKA k.d., Zagreb, EUR 300,000 for a serious infringement of the Croatian Act on the prohibition of unfair trading practices in the business-to-business…
Initiative
Report any form of distortion of market competition. Any legal or natural person who has a legal or economic interest in it, as well as a professional or economic interest association, a chamber of entrepreneurs, a consumer association, the Government of the Republic of Croatia, state bodies administrations and bodies of local and regional self-government units.
Cartel
A cartel is the most serious form of distortion of market competition. Discovering cartels and punishing the participants is one of the most important tasks of the Agency. However, given that prohibited agreements - cartels are usually secret agreements between entrepreneurs, their detection is an extremely difficult and complex task. For this reason, information about suspected cartel existence in certain markets is one of the key tools for sanctioning cartel participants.
Reporting bid-rigging in public procurement procedures
Competition rules also apply to public procurement procedures but only to undertakings that act as bidders in these procedures.
Public Procurement
See allPrevention of conflicts of interest and corruption in the field of public procurement
Pursuant to Article 80, Paragraph 2 of the Public Procurement Act (Official Gazette, No. 120/16), there are no economic entities with which the Croatian Competition Agency, as a public contracting authority, may not enter into public procurement contracts.