On September 10, the management of the Baltic Competition Authorities meets in Riga to discuss current competition law issues in the Baltic States and to discuss cooperation, joint projects, and…
On June 3, the Competition Council (CC) adopted a decision to allow OÜ “MM Grupp”, a company registered in Estonia, representing several companies in Latvia, incl. Ltd. “Apollo Kino”, to acquire…
In its latest Annual Report, the Competition Council of Latvia (the CC) has compiled the most significant achievements of the authority and topicalities of application of the competition law in…
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…
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…
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…
The Competition Council of Latvia litigation against the collective copyright management association AKKA/LAA for excessive pricing was nominated as “Enforcement action of the year” in GCR Awards…
During the market study, while investigating the procurement of road vehicle number plates production and supply, organised by state owned company “Road Traffic Safety Directorate” (CSDD), the…
On 14 May, the State Chancellery terminated the competition for the position of the Chairperson of the Competition Council of Latvia (the CC) without a result. The CC among other things, relates such…
On 20 April, the Administrative Regional Court left effective the decision adopted by the Competition Council of Latvia (the CC), according to which last year the authority detected a prohibited…
