For the seventh year in a row, the Latvian Competition Council (CC) has maintained the high rating of three stars in the international Global Competition Review (GCR) rating, ranking among the 36…
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 July 30, the Competition Council (the CC) adopted a decision in the so-called “construction companies’ cartel” case, detecting long-term prohibited agreement of ten construction companies on the…
On July 22, the Competition Council (CC) decided to punish Jelgava’s Municipality for abuse of a dominant position related to the municipality's actions, unreasonably and inconsistently with the…
On 16 July, the Competition Council of Latvia (the CC) signed a settlement with Riga City Municipality and SIA “Getliņi EKO” in the dispute on the committed competition distortion – the planned…
If the Competition Council (CC) finds potential signs of the infringement of Competition Law or suspects that market participants have prohibited the Law, but the infringement is not repeated, and it…
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…
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”…
