By its 14 May decision not to initiate cassation proceedings, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Competition Council (CC) by which in 2018 the institution established a prohibited agreement…
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has endorsed the Recommendation of the Council on Competitive Neutrality, which calls on countries to ensure that the principles of…
The self-assessment tools developed in 2020 by the Competition Council (CC) for entrepreneurs and public administrative bodies have been nominated for the international “The Antitrust Writing Awards”…
The Competition Council of Latvia (the CC) develops a self-assessment tool for entrepreneurs so that they could be able to assess independently whether they have not engaged in a prohibited vertical…
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…
On 9 April, the Senate of the Supreme Court rejected the cassation claim of Riga Municipality capital company SIA “Rīgas satiksme” on the decision of the Competition Council (the CC), according to…
On 7 April 2021, the Saeima adopted the Unfair Retail Trade Practices Prohibition Law (hereinafter – the URTPPL), the purpose of which is to prohibit unfair trade practice throughout the agricultural…
Having examined the application of the Latvian Association of Beauticians and Cosmetologists and the Latvian Association of Beauty Specialists, the Competition Council of Latvia (the CC) concludes…
On 11 March, the Competition Council of Latvia (hereinafter – the CC) adopted a decision to impose a fine on two reclamation companies – SIA “Valkas meliorācija” and SIA “Agromeliorators” – for…
During the sector inquiry on the market of grave pit excavation services, the Competition Council of Latvia (hereinafter – the CC) detected that several local governments, which ensure this service,…
