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Serbia’s national competition authority (NCA) – the Commission for Protection of Competition – has got a new leadership.
Following a Phase II investigation started back in April, the Serbian national competition authority (NCA) has cleared an acquisition in the baking industry – with strings attached.
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Competition Newsletter: October 2019
Posted on November 4, 2019Our newsletter for October is out!
Ten years after the introduction of state aid control to the Serbian legal system, Serbia has adopted a new Law on State Aid Control. What are the five things to note about the new legislation?
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Serbia: Leniency Application Leads to Antitrust Fines for Bid Rigging
Posted on October 16, 2019Serbia’s national competition authority (NCA) has announced it has issued an infringement decision for bid rigging – based on a leniency application. The bid rigging concerned the supply of Konica Minolta office equipment in the public procurement procedure in Serbia.
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Serbia: NCA Investigates Fortenova for Gun Jumping in Takeover of Agrokor Assets
Posted on October 11, 2019The Serbian national competition authority (NCA) – the Commission for Protection of Competition – has announced it has started a gun-jumping investigation against Fortenova Group. The Serbian NCA is probing whether Fortenova acquired control of Agrokor’s assets without notifying the transaction in the merger control procedure.
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Serbia: NCA Clarifies Whether Acquisition of NPLs Triggers Merger Filing
Posted on October 7, 2019Acquisition of portfolios of non-performing loans (NPLs) has been commonplace in Serbia for several years already. And an accompanying issue has been whether such acquisitions need to be filed to the Serbian national competition authority (NCA) for merger examination. Now, the NCA has resolved that issue, by issuing an opinion on the matter.
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Competition Newsletter: September 2019
Posted on September 30, 2019Our newsletter for September is out!
Serbia still has a system of individual exemption of restrictive agreements based on prior notification to the national competition authority (NCA). What kind of agreements did the NCA exempt during 2018?