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      • Exclusion from a procurement procedure
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      • Trade for agricultural and food products
      • Retail trade of non-food products
    • Competition distortions created by public administrative bodies
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    • Market surveillance
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      • Substantial harm to competition
    • Promotion of Competition culture
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        • Stop-motion video contest for secondary school pupils "In competition - Better More" (2018)
      • Campaign "The most absurd obstacle to competition"
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  • About us The Competition Council of Latvia (CC) is under the supervision of the Cabinet of Ministers, which operates in accordance with the Competition Law and other regulatory enactments. The Competition Council is established by the Cabinet of Ministers, and its institutional supervision is ensured through the Minister of Economy.
    • About the Competition Council of Latvia The Competition Council of Latvia (CC) is under the supervision of the Cabinet of Ministers, which operates in accordance with the Competition Law and other regulatory enactments. The Competition Council is established by the Cabinet of Ministers, and its institutional supervision is ensured through the Minister of Economy.
      • Management Members of the Competition Council
      • Structure Structure of the Competition Council.
      • Areas of activity Priority tasks of the Competition Council.
      • History Historical development of the Competition Council.
        • Statistics
      • Publications and reviews Once a year, the institution prepare a annual report on its performance in the previous year. The public reports provide summary information on the institution's goals and work results, as well as the planned priorities for the next year.
      • Laws and regulations Information on regulatory enactments.
        • Advertising Law
    • Rights of the Competition Council during investigations
    • Principle "Consult at first" Principle "Consult at first" aims to improve cooperation between authorities and entrepreneurs by promoting compliance with national requirements and clear operating conditions.
    • Whistleblowing
  • Services This section summarizes the information provided by the institution to citizens and businesses in person or electronically.
    • Reporting a violation
    • Examination of a submission regarding violations of the Competition Law
    • Submission of a notified agreement of market participants
    • The examination of the submission regarding violations of the Advertising Law
    • The decision on the market participant mergers
    • Public information on competition issues in the field of protection and surveillance
    • Consultation and examination of submissions regarding competition law issues
    • Opinion on the involvement of a public person in commercial activities
  • Current events News and publications of the Competition Council.
    • News Up-to-date information, press releases and industry news.
    • Public participation
  • Directions of Actions Directions of Action of the Competition Council.
    • Prohibited Agreements A prohibited agreement is one of the severest violations of competition law, and the Competition Council has declared the detection of such agreements its operational priority.
      • Exclusion from a procurement procedure Conditions for exclusion of candidate or tenderer from the procurement procedure.
      • Leniency programme
    • Abuse of Dominant Position Dominant position is an economic position in a relevant market of a market participant if such participant has the capacity to significantly hinder, restrict or distort competition in any relevant market for a sufficient period of time by acting with full or partial independence from competitors, clients, suppliers or consumers.
    • Merger Control Within the meaning of the Competition Law, a merger is considered to be not only consolidation and takeovers among companies but, under specific circumstances, also transactions that result in the acquisition of influence in another undertaking, or even only the assets of a company or the right of their use.
      • Short-form merger notification Entrepreneurs may submit an short-form merger report to the Competition Council, which shall include significantly less information than the full report.
    • Unfair Trading Practices The purpose of the Prohibition of Unfair Trading Practices Law is to prohibit unfair trading practices throughout the supply chain of agricultural and food products and restrict the use of purchasing power of non-food retailers against suppliers.
      • Trade for agricultural and food products
      • Retail trade of non-food products
    • Competition distortions created by public administrative bodies The Competition Council information on competition distortions created by public administrative bodies - state and local government institutions, as well as capital companies owned by them.
      • Public adminstrative body participation in capital companies Information about cases when public administrative bodies are allowed to engage in entrepreneurship
    • Market surveillance Market surveillance is an in-depth analysis of the competitive situation in a particular market using both publicly available information and company data.
    • Violations of the Advertising Law The Competition Council monitors the compliance of advertising with the requirements of regulatory enactments if the specific interests of an individual market participant are not harmed, but the violation in the field of advertising causes, or may cause, substantial harm to competition as a whole.
      • Substantial harm to competition
    • Promotion of Competition culture Promotion of Competition culture is part of the Competition Council of Latvia activities to prevent the possibility of violations, offering a diverse range of competition culture promotion.
      • For consumers Information on competition, harm caused by infringements of competition law, possibility to report of infringements.
      • For pupils and students
        • Stop-motion video contest for secondary school pupils "In competition - Better More" (2018)
      • Campaign "The most absurd obstacle to competition" An annual campaign organized by the Competition Council, which promotes fair business and reveals obstacles in both regulatory enactments and public procurement.
      • Seminars Information on the possibilities of the Competition Council to organize seminars for entrepreneurs and their associations, public administration bodies, lawyers and other interest groups on competition law and its practical application.
        • European Competition Day
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      +371 67282865 +371 67242141 pasts [at] kp.gov.lv Brīvības street 55, 2. korp., Rīga, LV-1010
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The Competition Council finds out major problems in application of sanctions imposed by retailers on their suppliers

In 2022, the CC carried out a market inquiry assessing the sanctions stipulated in retailers’ contracts and imposed on their suppliers differently for agricultural and food products that are…
15.05.2023.Market surveillanceNews
Memoranda parakstīšana

Competition Council signs the Memorandum on regional cooperation with ten Eastern European and Baltic countries

19.04.2023. News
Research contest

The CC calls on Contracting Authorities to review criteria for procurement of electronic communications services

03.04.2023. News
K.Piģēns Vašingtonā

The CC presents this year’s competition law developments in Latvia at international conference in Washington

31.03.2023. News
Public benefit 2022

The work of the CC creates a public benefit that is almost 27 times higher than the budget of the institution

09.02.2023. News
Public bodies - Jelgava City

The CC: Local Government of the State City of Jelgava and its institution "Pilsētsaimniecība" commit to promote competition in procurements

09.02.2023. NewsPublic Bodies
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