The Competition Council (CC) of Latvia through competition advocacy prevented anticompetitive amendments to Latvia’s Value Added Tax Law (VAT Law). Draft amendments were discriminatory to private…
The Competition Council (CC) of Latvia has concluded a sector inquiry into the market of payment cards. The main conclusion of the inquiry is that the amount of interchange fee in Latvia has reduced…
On 16 December, the Competition Council (CC) of Latvia took a decision to fine two hardwire suppliers SIA Expert Digital and SIASIA Hannu Digitalfor a cartel agreement in a public procurement. The…
On 10 December, The Competition Council (CC) of Latvia fined two undertakings – SIA Optika un Diagnostika and SIA Arbor Medical Korporācija – for coordinating tenders in a total of six different…
On 2 December, the Competition Council (CC) in cooperation with the State Chancellery organised a conference “Pro-competitive Public Administration: Contribution to Economic Development” to raise…
At a conference on 27 November, the Competition Council (CC) of Latvia brought together suppliers, retailers and law enforcers in order to discuss upcoming changes regarding the newly adopted Law on…
The Competition Council of Latvia in cooperation with the State Chancellery of Latvia invites decision-makers of the state and local municipalities to the conference “Pro-competitive Public…
The Competition Council (CC) of Latvia has developed Merger Notification Drafting Guidelines to improve the merger notification procedure, as well as for businesses to clear and ease the process of…
Today, on 12 November, it is the 23rd anniversary of the protection of competition in Latvia. The competition law in Latvia can be divided in several historic stages. After Latvia regained its…
On 16 October, the Competition Council (CC) of Latvia hosted the third Lawyers’ Forum –annual discussion between representatives of the Latvian competition authority and law offices. During the forum…
