December 2013

http://www.zf.ro/companii/ce-spune-consiliul-concurentei-despre-preturile-practicate-de-lidl-dupa-preluarea-magazinelor-plus-11789277 These conclusions are an evidence of the fact that the size of the market shares is not the only element which should be taken into account in order to evaluate the potential effects of a merger, as it has been concluded today by the Romanian Competition Council today, 18 December 2013, further to the […]

This is an interesting case due to the fact the infringement committed by the three Swiss weapons producers would have been realised in an in-direct way, through a company which represented them in Romania. Because the use of a joint representative (agents, not distributors) is common place in certain industries in Romania, it must be […]

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1208_en.htm

The report, available here http://www.consiliulconcurentei.ro/uploads/docs/items/id8327/raport_privind_piata_serviciilor_de_plati_prin_carduri-neconfidential.pdf (Romanian only) – is a well made report and contains some interesting points. We draw the attention, especially, to the calcuation, for the first time, of an index which shows the potential competition in several industries – the aggregated index of competition pressure (IAPC, Romanian acronym – pag.14-28 of the […]