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22. March 2017

Medical gases companies not engaged in a cartel

Messer Croatia Plin Zaprešić, UTP – Uljanik Tehnički Plinovi Pula and Istrabenz Plini Bakar justifiably participated in a bidding consortium with the view to meeting the requirements of the bidding for the purchase of medical and non-medical gases by the Clinical Hospital Merkur. In line with the specified criteria the consortium had to offer the same prices for products that are equal for all the hospitals involved in the public tender

09. March 2017

Tahograf did not abuse dominant position in tachograph servicing market

The CCA established beyond any doubt that Tahograf did not prevent the authorised repairers from purchasing the original spare parts from other authorised dealers from abroad

02. March 2017

Müller/Kozmo merger cleared by CCA

In its assessment the CCA found that the implementation of the concentration concerned will strengthen competition in the relevant market by creating competitive constraints on the market leader

16. February 2017

CCA extends the deadline in Optima/H1 merger

The deadline is herewith extended by three (3) months and it started to run on 13 February 2017

14. February 2017

Gorenje Zagreb fined more than HRK 1.5 mil for resale price maintenance

CCA found within the proceeding that Gorenje Zagreb entered into a prohibited agreement containing directly or indirectly restrictive provisions on resale price maintenance for white goods and small household appliances of Gorenje brand

07. February 2017

CCA clears Spar / Billa merger

The acquisition of Billa retail outlets will spread the retail business of Spar to Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Požega-Slavonija County, Virovitica-Podravina County, Vukovar-Srijem County and Istria County. In the counties of Dubrovnik-Neretva, Krapina-Zagorje and Lika-Senj the concentration concerned will not produce any effects

27. January 2017

CCA clears the concentration between VIPnet and Metronet Telekomunikacije

In thirty more towns the implementation of concentration will facilitate more intensive infrastructure based competition in the provision of electronic communication services on fixed lines

20. January 2017

Significant benefits for consumers in automobile insurance in 2016

Most insurance companies have abolished the geographic criteria in determining the amount of compulsory insurance contribution for trucks, meaning that the whole territory of Croatia is regarded as a “one-risk zone”. The former zone rating has been thereby abandoned. All road transport vehicles enjoy more favourable terms and lower prices of insurance policies whereas the passenger cars benefit from a better choice of insurance products and favourable premiums

12. January 2017

CCA closes 2016 with a Guide for contracting authorities in detecting and tipping-off bid-rigging cartels in public procurement

The Guide aims at helping the contracting authorities to detect suspicious elements in public procurement tenders that point at the possible presence of bid-rigging cartels

20. December 2016

CCA hosted international conference on Damages Directive

The conference provided for the insight into the legal solutions used in the transposition of the Damages Directive by other national laws but also opened a number of legal issues and tried to foresee the challenges related to the application of the Damages Directive in the future

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