ArticleSlovenia Broadband Proposes New Corrective MeasureThe competition authority is currently carrying out a market test of the proposed remedies.SloveniaAntitrust/Competition LawWolf Theiss
ArticleThe Slovenian Administrative Court Upholds The Findings Of The Competition AuthorityThe administrative court upheld all of the findings of the competition authority. SloveniaAntitrust/Competition LawWolf Theiss
ArticleCommission To Investigate In-Depth The New Commitments Proposed By Slovenia For Nova Ljubljanska Banka D.D.One of the key commitments was a sale of its 75%-1 share in NLB by 2017. SloveniaAntitrust/Competition LawWolf Theiss
ArticleNew Competition Protection Agency Sets Out Enforcement PrioritiesThe start of 2013 was marked by the long-awaited introduction of a new antitrust authority - the Competition Protection Agency - which will be led by Andrej Krašek. SloveniaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleThe Competition Protection Agency's Fining Policy As A Black BoxPro Plus has now been also fined with almost 10% of its 2013 annual turnover for a dominant position abuse on the television advertisement market.SloveniaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleMerger Control Proceedings Initiated In Borderline CaseThe Competition Protection Office recently initiated ex officio merger control proceedings against the Federation of Slovenian Retired Persons' Societies. SloveniaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleProposed New Rules Relating To Actions For Damages For Breach Of Competition Rules In SloveniaThe Ministry for Economic Development and Technology has recently published a legislative proposal for an amendment of the Competition Act to implement the Directive 2014/104/EU.SloveniaAntitrust/Competition LawWolf Theiss
ArticleCompetition Protection Agency Adopts Commitments For RenaultIn July 2017 the Slovenian Competition Protection Agency initiated proceedings against Renault (which operates as RENAULT NISSAN SLOVENIJA doo). SloveniaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleDo Companies Have The Right To Be Heard During A Dawn Raid?The Slovenian courts were recently asked to rule on companies' right to be heard during unannounced investigations by the Competition Protection Agency.SloveniaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleDawn Raids - How Far Does An Undertaking's Duty To Cooperate Go?The Slovenian Competition Protection Agency ("Agency") has lately increasingly been using unannounced investigations or so-called "dawn raids" in order to secure evidence of potential competition law breaches.SloveniaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleDamages Resulting From Competition Law Infringements: Collective Redress Easing The Way To CompensationThe adoption of Directive 2014/104/EU ("Damages Directive"), which introduced a level playing field for the private competition law enforcement regime among EU Member States...SloveniaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleHow State Aid Rules May Affect Privatisation Efforts Of Member StatesSlovenia is currently envisaging a new wave of privatisations. The looming sales are as-sociated with political pressure centring on certain non-economic conditions to be im-posed on the eventual acquirers. SloveniaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleAmendments To Competition Act On HorizonSlovenia is one of the few EU member states which legislated a two-phase proceeding for competition law infringements. SloveniaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleConstitutional Court Ruling On Lawfulness Of Anti-Trust InspectionsThe Slovenian Constitutional Court has declared the competition authority’s regime of inspections to be not in line with the Slovenian Constitution. SloveniaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)