Archive – Competition (2025)

Foreign investors looking at the Czech Republic should be aware of a major shift in the country’s FDI landscape. Starting from 1 November 2025, the new FDI legislation reform significantly broadens the scope of transactions subject to mandatory screening. Acquisitions of many businesses, particularl

This article concludes our series dedicated to the topics discussed at the September meeting between the Czech Competition Authority and the ICC Competition Commission. After covering the proposed New Competition Tool, personal liability of managers, and labour-market cartel agreements, we now turn

The Czech Competition Authority plans to introduce personal administrative liability of managers for cartels. They would also be able to apply for leniency on their own. I think the latter is not a good idea and I will try to explain why. 

This article is the next installment in our series on the topics discussed at the September meeting of the Czech Competition Authority with the ICC Competition Commission. Another relatively new issue has come to the forefront of interest among competition authorities – anti-competitive agreements o

The Czech Competition Authority (ÚOHS) has recently unveiled plans for what is likely to become one of the most sensitive changes in the history of Czech competition law — the introduction of personal liability for individuals participating in cartel agreements. If adopted, this reform would expose

In our previous post, we summarized the breadth of changes announced by the Czech Competition Authority at its September meeting with the ICC Commission on Competition. The scope of the plans was striking – ranging from higher notification thresholds and a new call-in model in merger control, to ind

On 9 September 2025, the Czech ICC Commission on Competition held a meeting with representatives of the Czech Competition Authority, chairman Petr Mlsna and vice-chairman for competition Kamil Nejezchleb. The discussion provided a clearer picture of the upcoming legislative changes, enforcement prio

We present the fifty-fourth instalment of our information service, which brings you interesting facts from the world of competition law. This time, we have selected events from June 2025.

We present you the fifty-third instalment of the information service bringing interesting facts from the world of competition law. This time we share with you a selection of events for April and May 2025 that caught our attention.

Competition law is often associated with cartel agreements between yogurt producers or price-fixing arrangements by construction companies. However, rules of fair competition also apply to banks and financial institutions—and as recent cases show, this is certainly not just a matter of legal theory.

In mid-May, the Slovak Antimonopoly Office (AMO) introduced a new prioritisation policy. Compared to its previous prioritisation policy, the AMO has decided to make substantial changes. This shift naturally raises questions for the undertakings concerned about the future direction of competition law

We present you the fifty-second instalment of the information service bringing interesting facts from the world of competition law. This time we share with you a selection of events from January to March 2025 that caught our attention.

In a landmark move, the Czech government has, for the first time, exercised its powers under the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Screening Act to prohibit a foreign investment on national security grounds. While the government’s reasoning remains classified, the decision signals a shift toward a mor

Our three-part series on the use of agency in the sale of motor vehicle concludes with a summary of competition law risks that should be avoided in practice. While the agency model has seen an unprecedented boom in recent years, largely due to the European Commission’s loosening of the rules, it is

Internal audits of competition law compliance are no longer just a formality – they are becoming one of the key tools of corporate compliance programs. They help identify risks, ensure legal compliance, and prevent hefty fines and other negative consequences of competition law violations

In the first part of our series, we explored the business reasons driving car manufacturers and importers to gradually implement the agency sales model. However, a significant factor contributing to this shift is the updated interpretation of legal regulations by the European Commission. The agency

In October the Regional Court in Brno (Court) issued another judgment in which it reviewed the legality of an unannounced on-site inspection by the Office for the Protection of Competition (Office). This is the first time the Court has ruled on an inspection concerning a no-poach agreement between e