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ArchiveImplementation of the UTPs Act: CCA opens proceeding against buyer of agri and food products Elizabeta promet d.o.o.
15.07.2024
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…
CCA clears acquisition of direct controlling interest over Ruris Agro by Agronom
12.07.2024
In the case at hand the notification of concentration relates to acquisition of direct controlling interest over the undertaking Ruris Agro d.o.o. by the undertaking Agronom (part of Agrofert Group…
CCA launches in-depth probe of “Eagle Hills and Sunčani Hvar and Sunčani Hvar Nekretnine” merger
11.07.2024
On 11 July 2024 the Croatian Competition Agency opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether the proposed merger of Eagle Hills and Sunčani Hvar and Sunčani Hvar Nekretnine is in…
CCA clears acquisition of controlling interest over the undertaking Toni by Perutnina Ptuj
21.06.2024
The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) cleared in the first phase the concentration between the undertakings in the form of acquisition of a controlling interest of the undertaking Perutnina Ptuj over…
CCA clears joint control over Solvis by Slovenian investment fund Advance Capital Partners and Stjepan Talan
21.06.2024
The Slovenian Advance Capital Partners (ACP) announced in mid-May that it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Stjepan Talan and Solvis. Under this agreement, a special investment fund…
OECD Competition Committee meeting in Paris
12.06.2024
At the meeting of the OECD Competition Committee held in Paris from 10 – 14 June 2024 the Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) was represented by the vice-president of the Competition…
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.