Communication
The aim of the protection of market competition is primarily to create benefits for consumers and equal conditions for all entrepreneurs on the market, who, acting in accordance with the existing rules and competing on the market with the quality, price and innovation of their products and services, contribute to the overall development of the economy.
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 the view to identifying whether the buyer TOMMY d.o.o. from Split used its strong bargaining power and imposed unfair trading practices on its suppliers of agri and food products.
The CCA opened the infringement proceeding following the indications from the complaint that challenged the compliance of the buyer’s operations with the UTPs Act.
The CCA notes here that the mere opening of an administrative procedure against an undertaking does not mean that the practices at issue constitute unfair trading practices.
Thus, the CCA will investigate into the content and the nature of the business deals between Tommy and its suppliers of agri and food products and only then it shall make its decision on the merit of the case, considering all the relevant facts of the case and concrete evidence that substantiate the indications based on which the procedure has been opened in the first place or on the basis of which the procedure could be terminated.