On June 22, the Competition Council (the CC) decided to allow “Eesti Gaas” AS to acquire a decisive influence over “Gaso” AS. The CC did not find any significant harm to competition and therefore…
On 1 June, the Competition Council (the CC) issued an official decision regarding the discovery of three road building companies’ (AS A.C.B, AS ‘Ceļu pārvalde’, and SIA STRABAG) prohibited agreement…
In early June, the poaching of employees between competing companies was raised in the public space, with a public debate on whether such practices are fair or unfair competition. As a preventive…
Public entities – the State, municipalities, and their capital companies – are prohibited from imposing requirements on tenderers in procurements that unreasonably reduce the number of market…
In 2022, the CC carried out a market inquiry assessing the sanctions stipulated in retailers’ contracts and imposed on their suppliers differently for agricultural and food products that are…
The soaring fuel prices are a challenge for every driver. The Competition Council (the CC) regularly receives consumer reports that fuel prices in Latvia are higher compared to other countries and…
On 18 April, the Competition Council of Latvia (the CC) undertook to promote regional cooperation on competition policy and enforcement by signing a Cooperation Memorandum with ten countries. The…
Following a number of applications from mobile operators requesting an assessment of the current situation in the public procurement of electronic communications services, the Competition Council of…
From 27 to 31 March, Kārlis Piģēns, a member of the Competition Council, was in Washington, D.C., representing the Competition Council and participating in a week of events on competition law. From…
The Competition Council (the CC) has summarized the results for 2022 and calculated that the average public benefit from the implementation of competition policy in Latvia in the period 2020-2022…
