On 23 June 2022, the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter - ECHR) adopted a judgment in the case Naumenko and SIA Rix Shipping v. Latvia, rejecting the applicants’ application regarding the…
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…
The Competition Council (the CC) invites companies to fill in an electronically available questionnaire to apply to the authority's planned seminars on vertical agreements which has been concluded by…
On June 9, the Parliament (Saeima) made amendments to the Competition Law aimed at strengthening the Competition Council (CC), providing the necessary guarantees of independence, resources and…
On Tuesday, May 31, the competition of research papers in competition law organized by ZAB PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal SIA, the Competition Council and the Riga Graduate School of Law ended with…
The current practice of the Competition Council shows that cartels in procurements are the most serious and at the same time the most widespread distortion of the competition environment in Latvia…
Until now, companies in the activities of which the Competition Council found signs of a prohibited agreement or cartel were also banned from participating in public procurement for a year. At the…
An international workshop for competition law experts, co-organized by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Competition Council of Latvia (the CC), took place in…
As a result of the Russian Federation’s military aggression supported by the Republic of Belarus and the associated sanctions imposed on these countries, businesses in several sectors are currently…
The Competition Council (the CC), when evaluating the revaluations of participation in the capital company prepared by public administrative bodies - the state and local governments - in 2020 and…
