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      • Substantial harm to competition
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        • Stop-motion video contest for secondary school pupils "In competition - Better More" (2018)
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  • About us 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.
      • Management Members of the Competition Council
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      • History Historical development of the Competition Council.
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        • 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.
  • 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
    • Submission of the Law on the Prohibiation of Unfair Retail Practices supervision
    • 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.
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  • 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 Retail trade The purpose of the new Unfair Retail Trade Practices Prohibition Law is to restrict the use of the buying power of retailers against suppliers in order to balance the interests of suppliers and retailers in retail trade.
      • Retail trade of food products
      • Retail trade of non-food
    • 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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Juris Gaiķis starts to perform the office duties of the Chairman of the Competition Council

Starting from 14 September of this year, the office duties of the Chairman of the Competition Council of Latvia are assumed by Juris Gaiķis. The candidacy of Juris Gaiķis for the position of the…
15.09.2020.
News

A judgment of the Supreme Court confirms the conclusion of the Competition Council on competition restriction on the cremation market of Riga

Already in 2015 the Competition Council of The Republic of Latvia (the CC), after conducted sector inquiry, raised alarm concerning the disorganised sector of burial services, incl. on monopoly…
07.08.2020.
News

The CC develops a self-assessment tool, aimed at facilitating assessment of participation of public administrative bodies in a capital company

In 2020, majority of public administrative bodies pursuant to Section 88 of the State Administration Structure Law (the SASL) are obliged to carry out assessment, whether their involvement in…
05.07.2020.
News

The CC establishes the risk of infringement of the neutrality in competition in the field of waste collection services

During the market study the Competition Council (CC) established that the operation of private waste collectors are limited on the market as a result of activities of Jekabpils City Municipal Capital…
04.01.2021.
News

Juris Gaiķis starts to perform the office duties of the Chairman of the Competition Council

Starting from 14 September of this year, the office duties of the Chairman of the Competition Council of Latvia are assumed by Juris Gaiķis. The candidacy of Juris Gaiķis for the position of the…
15.09.2020.
News

A judgment of the Supreme Court confirms the conclusion of the Competition Council on competition restriction on the cremation market of Riga

Already in 2015 the Competition Council of The Republic of Latvia (the CC), after conducted sector inquiry, raised alarm concerning the disorganised sector of burial services, incl. on monopoly…
07.08.2020.
News

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