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.
UTPs: High Administrative Court dismisses appeal of re-seller FRAGARIA
The High Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia dismissed the appeal of the re-seller FRAGARIA and upheld the ruling of the Administrative Court in Zagreb of 16 December 2020 rejecting the claim for cancellation of the decision of the Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) and upholding the infringement decision of the CCA in the unfair trading practices case, rejecting at the same time the recovery of the party’s litigation costs.
Namely, the court of first instance, the Administrative Court in Zagreb, completely rejected the statement of claim of the re-seller FRAGARIA in the administrative dispute against the respondent CCA requesting annulment of its infringement decision of 26 July 2019 and the recovery of the litigation costs.
By this ruling of the High Administrative Court the CCA infringement decision of 26 July 2019 is now legally valid.
*On 26 July 2019 the CCA adopted a decision establishing that Fragaria used its superior bargaining position by imposing unfair trading practices within the meaning of the Act on the prohibition of unfair trading practices in the business-to-business food supply chain (UTPs Act) on its suppliers of watermelons and imposed the fine for the infringement concerned in the amount of HRK 350,000.
The full CCA decision in FRAGARIA case in the Croatian language is available here