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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ArchiveAppointed new members of the CCA Competition Council
On 28 February 2024, the Croatian Parliament approved the appointment of Mr. Sc. Branimira Kovačević, MEcon., Sandra Mikinac, LLM, Hrvoje Šeremet, LLM, and Denis Matić, LLM, as new members of…
Implementation of the UTPs Act: CCA opens proceeding against buyer of agri and food products TOMMY from Split
The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) opened an infringement proceeding within the meaning of the Act on prohibition of unfair trading practices in the business-to-business food supply chain (UTPs Act) with…
Representatives of the Montenegrin Competition Authority visit Croatian Competition Agency
On 23 February 2024 the Croatian Competition Agency, at the proposal of the Montenegrin Competition Authority, welcomed on its premises its representative, Luka Dedić, head of the International Cooperation and…
Commission Notice on the definition of the relevant market for the purposes of Union competition law
Commission Notice on the definition of the relevant market for the purposes of Union competition law More information: C_2023_6789_1_EN_ACT_part1_v3
High Administrative Court rejects the claims of Massive Panels against the CCA decision in the case: CCA v Croatian forestry and woodland management company – Hrvatske šume
In its ruling of 10 January 2024, the High Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia (VUSRH) rejected the statement of claim of the undertaking Massive Panels d.o.o. and upheld…
CCA opens infringement procedure against telecoms and Croatian Employers Association for alleged sharing of sensitive commercial information
Following the indications of alleged sharing of sensitive commercial information, on 28 December 2023 the CCA opened the infringement procedure against the undertakings Hrvatski Telekom d.d. (HT), A1 Hrvatska d.o.o.…
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.