11.17.2011

The European Commission supports the conclusions reached by Romanian competition authorities in the fuel market investigation started in 2005, and it recommends the sanctioning of companies involved. more

11.16.2011

Romanian antitrust authorities are investigating oil and gas group OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) for alleged breaches of competition regulations regarding the company's withdrawal of Eco Premium gasoline more

11.15.2011

Romania’s Competition Council has expanded an investigation on auction bid rigging, regarding natural gas works, to include another six companies, the authority said in a news release Tuesday. more

11.08.2011

Romania’s planned reorganization of the energy sector has gone from one failure to another, even if the authorities have not formally withdrawn any of the projects that were announced and then more

10.21.2011

Malfunctions on the Romanian medicine market block the activity of small distributors and limit sales of cheaper drugs to below 1% of the total value of the market, show the results of an more

10.12.2011

The Romanian Competition Council fined 7.8 million lei (about EUR1.8 million) medicine producers Baxter and Belupo and their distributors for sealing antitrust agreements impeding medicine exports. more

10.06.2011

The Bucharest Court of Appeals cancelled a 150,301 lei (EUR34,850) fine applied by the Competition Council in 2010 against private pension fund Aegon Fond de Pensii for breaching the law regulating more

10.06.2011

Romanian competition authorities on Thursday performed unannounced inspections at the headquarters and branches of 17 companies suspected of rigging bids in auctions held by Transgaz (TGN.RO) and more

10.04.2011

About 160,000 Romanians took out loans to refinance or consolidate debt with a cumulated value of more than EUR850 million (3.6 billion lei) from June last year through May 2011. The number of such more

09.27.2011

The Romanian Competition Council challenged the decision of the Bucharest Court of Appeals which suspended a 147.98 million lei (about EUR34.32 million) fine against mobile operator Orange Romania. more

07.22.2011

The Romanian Competition Council has challenged the decision of the Bucharest Court of Appeals which suspended a 120.35 million lei (about EUR28 million) fine against mobile operator Vodafone Romania. more

07.14.2011

Romania’s Competition Council said that “a priori” it is not against a likely takeover of cable service company UPC by telecom operator RCS&RDS, antitrust watchdog president Bogdan Chiritoiu more

07.14.2011

Romania’s Competition Council will continue its collaboration with the World Bank to improve the competition law, as some amendments to the normative act have not been approved by the Parliament, more

07.14.2011

Romania’s new competition law, which has taken effect this Thursday, will help the Competition Council finish antitrust investigations faster, said Bogdan Chiritoiu, the watchdog's president. more

07.13.2011

The Bucharest Court of Appeals may suspend the Competition Council's decisions to charge a fine, only if the offending party pays up to 20% of the fine as guarantee, according to Romania's new more

07.13.2011

The members of the Romanian Competition Council's Plenum will be appointed by the President of Romania, according to the proposals of the Consultation College and not the Government, which will only more

07.13.2011

The Romanian Prosecutor's Office will be able to investigate anti-competition crimes without being notified by the Competition Council, and prosecutors and antitrust inspectors will run their more

07.11.2011

Orange, Vodafone, Cosmote and RCS&RDS, four of the largest telecom operators on the market that posted about EUR2.7 billion in cumulated turnover last year, are being investigated by the Competition more

06.09.2011

The Bucharest Court of Appeals on May 19 suspended the execution of a decision by the Competition Council, whereby mobile operators Orange Romania and Vodafone Romania, are to pay fines in the more

06.07.2011

Romania sent an official note to the European Commission regarding its improved scheme to support renewable energy producers, after the country’s antitrust watchdog has sanctioned the project. more

04.28.2011

The Romanian Competition Council has fined with a total 16.7 million lei (EUR4.1 million) local companies Interfruct, Albinuta Shops and Profi Rom Food for fixing the retail price of fruits and more

04.20.2011

Romania’s competition authorities will launch a fact-finding probe into the local natural gas market, looking at producers, distributors and suppliers, Tuesday said Daniel Chilea, deputy chief of more