01.05.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Tuesday said it is looking into the takeover by Italian company TCH of Cogeme group which includes Italy-based Cogeme Set Spa, car parts producer Cogeme Set RO SRL more

11.05.2015

Listing state-owned companies on the stock market helps increase their efficiency due to extending their ownership and the level of transparency they must adopt, but it would also attract the more

09.11.2015

Romania’s Competition Council on Friday said it is looking into the takeover of retail operations, including some of corresponding assets, of two NIC stores in capital Bucharest by Mega Image, from more

08.17.2015

Romania’s Competition Council on Monday said it has cleared the transaction whereby McDonald's takes over three fast-food restaurants in Brasov (central Romania), which have so far been operated in more

05.11.2015

Romania’s Competition Council fears that stores, retail chains and producers might collude to keep in their profits the planned cut to 9% in the sales tax on food items starting June 1, watchdog more

04.16.2015

Romania’s Competition Council wants to complete several investigations this year, which target potential rigged bids in the milk, energy and IT sectors, the antitrust watchdog head Bogdan Chiritoiu more

04.16.2015

Romania’s Competition Council last year fined 53 companies a total 185 million lei (some EUR42 million) for anticompetitive behavior, more than double against 2013, the antitrust watchdog said in more

01.13.2015

Selgros Cash&Carry on Tuesday rejected the accusations of Romania’s Competition Council, which fined the company RON6.6 million, and awaits the watchdog’s motivation in order to start legal more

01.13.2015

Romania’s antirust watchdog has fined retailers Metro, Real, Selgros and Mega Image and 21 of their suppliers a total 154 million lei (some EUR35 million) for price-fixing arrangements between 2005 more

11.25.2014

Romania’s Competition Council has approved the transaction whereby French group Michelin took over, via a company it holds in Germany, tire distributor Ihle Holding also registered in Germany, both more

11.13.2014

Romania’s Competition Council started an investigation related to potential antitrust practices carried out by retailers Auchan Romania, Carrefour Romania, Romania Hypermarche (Cora), Kaufland more

05.06.2014

Bogdan Chiritoiu remains president of Romania’s Competition Council until the appointment of a new head. more

01.17.2014

Ecotic representatives said Friday that the decision of the antitrust authorities to fine the electronic companies, members of the association, for sealing anti-competition agreements within the more

01.17.2014

Romanian household appliance maker Arctic Gaesti will appeal the fine imposed by Romanian antitrust authorities for sealing anti-competition agreements within the buy-back campaigns, saying it was not more

12.18.2013

After taking over discount store chain Plus Discount in 2010, German retailer Lidl set lower prices than those in Plus stores and doubled the share of its cheaper, self-branded products in total more

11.07.2013

Sales of private label products increased by 34% on the year in 2012 on the food segment and by 36% on the non-food segment, according to a report by Romania’s Competition Council released Thursday. more

08.28.2013

Romania’s Competition Council has extended until September 16 the deadline for public debate on the commitments proposed by local mobile operators Cosmote, Orange, RCS & RDS and Vodafone Romania. more

08.13.2013

Mobile operators Cosmote, Orange, RCS&RDS and Vodafone Romania want to bring to similar levels charges for calls made in different networks and for same-network calls. more

06.11.2013

Romania’s Competition Council said it has authorized the takeover of Termo Craiova which administers the heat distribution and supply in Craiova, southern Romania, by state-owned thermal power plant more

06.04.2013

The Romanian Competition Council will analyze whether the planned acquisition of Lufkin Industries Inc.’s local assets by US General Electric breaches antitrust regulations, the Council said in a more

05.30.2013

Romania’s Competition Council head Bogdan Chiritoiu said Thursday it is essential that courts uphold the decisions taken by the antitrust authority. more

05.30.2013

Romania’s Competition Council Thursday said the government might require authorization from the European Commission to implement a measure aimed at exempting industrial consumers from paying part of more

05.30.2013

The Inter-bank fees charged by Visa and Mastercard for card transactions in Romania are among the highest in Europe, an antitrust probe showed Thursday. more

04.26.2013

Romania’s antitrust authority Friday said it has approved a derogation for Marfin Bank Romania which allows the latter to gain control of the local operations of Bank of Cyprus before obtaining the more

03.21.2013

Romania’s antitrust body announced Thursday it was looking into the takeover by Auchan Romania of real,- Hypermarket chain. more