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February 1, 2014 In Cases and Decisions By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Valentin Mircea in “Ziarul Financiar” din 31 ianuarie 2014: O premiera – primul cartel care privea si piata romaneasca, sanctionat de catre Comisia Europeana

 Comisia Europeana a marcat ieri, 29 ianuarie 2014, o premiera in ceea ce priveste Romania - primul cartel sanctionat de catre Comisia Europeana - nu de catre Consiliul Concurentei din Romania - care a privit si piata romaneasca.Astfel, Comisia a aplicat amenzi totalizand 114.077.000 Euro...

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August 6, 2013 In Cases and Decisions, Communications and Technology By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Italy: Vodafone launches billion-Euro dominance abuse case against Telecom Italia – Competition Policy International (CPI)

This is an interesting situation - the first case in Europe (as far as I know) when a big telecom company brings a follow-on legal action against another big telecom company, which was found to have abused its market position.  The case is interesting also...

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July 18, 2013 In Cases and Decisions By Dr. Valentin Mircea

The Romanian Competition Council opened an investigation regarding a possible cartel in the Romanian market for dairy products

Yesterday and today, 18 July 2013, simultaneous dawn raids of the Romanian Competition Council took place at the headquarters of several dairy producers.  The Romanian Competition Council opened recently an investigation regarding a possible cartel among dairy producers which are members of the Association of...

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July 18, 2013 In Cases and Decisions By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Consiliul Concurentei a deschis o investigatie privind un posibil cartel pe piata laptelui din Romania

Ieri si astazi, 18 iulie 2013, au avut loc inspectii inopinate simultane ale Consiliului Concurentei la sediile mai multor producatori de produse lactate.  Consiliul Concurentei a deschis recent o investigatie cu privire la existenta unei posibile intelegeri anticoncurentiale de tip cartel (acord intre concurenti in...

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December 11, 2012 In Cases and Decisions By Dr. Valentin Mircea

EUROPA – PRESS RELEASES – Press Release – Antitrust: Commission opens proceedings against Romanian Power Exchange

EUROPA - PRESS RELEASES - Press Release - Antitrust: Commission opens proceedings against Romanian Power Exchange: EUROPA - PRESS RELEASES - Press Release - Antitrust: Commission opens proceedings against Romanian Power Exchange.Please note that OPCOM is the sole power exchange allowed to operate in Romania...

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September 14, 2012 In Cases and Decisions By Dr. Valentin Mircea

The Commission vs.Gazprom

Professor Alan Riley has a thoughtful article in Wall-Street Journal - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443921504577643173700034222.html - on the stakes of the recent investigation opened by the European Commisson into EU dealings of the giant Gazprom.This investigation, like any other investigation of the European Commission, lies on real (and worrisome) antitrust issues....

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