06.22.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Wednesday said it approved the takeover of Delta Health Care SRL and Delta Health Trade SRL by Centrul Medical Unirea (CMU) SRL. more

06.07.2016

Romanian economy is on an upward trend which can be compared to that before the financial crisis, according to Bogdan Chiritoiu, head of Romania’s Competition Council, speaker at “The largest more

05.23.2016

Romania’s Competition Council completed 21 investigations in the sectors of electricity, fuels and telecommunications and applied fines of nearly EUR54 million in 2015, up 30% on the year, Council more

05.10.2016

Romania's Competition Council has opened an investigation into a possible abuse of dominant position by Netcity Telecom, the operator of the Bucharest fiber optic network. more

04.27.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Wednesday said it is looking into the economic concentration operation whereby Dante International SA, owner of online retailer eMag, is taking over online computer more

04.22.2016

Romania's High Court of Justice ruled irrevocably that oil company OMV Petrom breached antitrust regulations by forming a cartel with other oil companies, Competition Council said in a statement on more

04.04.2016

Romania's Competition Council has opened an investigation into "a possible abuse of dominant position by Orange Romania", the largest player on the local telecom market. more

03.16.2016

Romania’s Competition Council approved, in early March, the transaction whereby British pharmaceutical company GSK sold wholesaler Europharm Distributie to fast moving consumer goods distributor more

03.02.2016

Romania’s Competition on Wednesday said it is looking into the economic concentration operation whereby French retail group Carrefour is taking over Billa stores- the retail operations in Romania of more

03.02.2016

Romania’s Competition Council has cleared the takeover of Banca Comerciala Carpatica (BCC.RO) by Nextebank, arguing it poses no problem in terms of compatibility with the competitive environment, more

02.24.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Wednesday said it is looking into the takeover of Romanian dairy manufacturer Albalact (ALBZ.RO) by French group Lactalis. more

02.18.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Thursday said it has cleared the takeover of International Healthcare Systems (IHS) and of the nephrology activity of Inter Health Systems by Diaverum group. more

02.16.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Tuesday said it is looking into the takeover of Banca Comerciala Carpatica (BCC.RO) and the entities it controls by Nextebank. more

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