Summary Of 2020 And Challenges For 2021 In Czech Competition Law

The Office for the Protection of Competition ("Office") recently published an annual report summarizing its significant activities in 2020 and outlining the agenda for 2021. The most important areas are prohibited agreements, abuse of a dominant position and significant market power.

In 2020, in the area of competition, the Office received 175 complaints, commenced 60 administrative proceedings, issued 65 first-instance decisions and imposed fines of over CZK 266 million (approx. EUR 10.2 million). Nine proceedings were related to the prohibited agreements (from 83 complaints) and one to the abuse of the dominant position (from 66 complaints). The Office also handled 50 merger cases.