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The Competition Council of Latvia is a subordinate institution to the Ministry of Economics. The purpose is to ensure the possibility to every market participant to perform his economic activities in free and fair competition environment as well as to promote competition development in all sectors of national economy for the benefit of all society.
About the Competition Council of Latvia
The Competition Council of Latvia is a subordinate institution to the Ministry of Economics. The purpose is to ensure the possibility to every market participant to perform his economic activities in free and fair competition environment as well as to promote competition development in all sectors of national economy for the benefit of all society.
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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.
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Principle "Consult at first" aims to improve cooperation between authorities and entrepreneurs by promoting compliance with national requirements and clear operating conditions.
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The examination of the submission regarding violations of the Advertising Law
The decision on the market participant mergers
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Repharm parent company ‘AB City’ conditionally allowed to buy ‘Olainfarm’
On June 14, the Competition Council (CC) made a decision to allow JSC “AB City” to acquire a sole decisive influence over JSC “Olainfarm”. At the same time, in order to prevent possible risks to…
29.06.2022.
The CC invites companies to apply for a seminar on vertical agreements between companies
13.06.2022.
The Saeima strengthens the independence of the Competition Council with amendments to the Competition Law
10.06.2022.
The first Competition of research paper’s in competition law concluded and the winner was awarded a prize of 1,000 euros and an internship at the Competition Council
03.06.2022.
The CC develops a Signal List for contracting authorities to recognize the features of a cartel in procurements
30.05.2022.
Only the contracting authority can restore the “lost credibility” of the company involved in the cartel and allow it to participate in the procurement
20.05.2022.
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