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

01.22.2015

The modern store formats trailblazers in Romania, Metro Cash&Carry and Carrefour, have branched out into new market segments in the past year in an attempt to gain market share and entered each 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

11.27.2014

UniCredit Tiriac Bank charges the highest monthly current account fees in Romania, of RON7.5, followed by OTP Bank, with RON5, while Banca Transilvania and Marfin Bank don't charge customers for more

11.27.2014

Cement production and sale, notarial services, freight and passenger transportation and the wholesale of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for gas-powered stoves are the markets most inclined to antitrust 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

11.10.2014

Romania's Competition Council is working on an analysis of the life insurance market and of the national heating services market, institution president Bogdan Chiritoiu said Monday. more

09.30.2014

Romania's competition watchdog finalized the investigation on the retail market regarding Metro, Rewe (Selgros Cash & Carry), Mega Image and Interex and their suppliers and recommends their fining by more

09.16.2014

Romania's energy holding CE Oltenia has modernized all the thermal power plants it operate sin the southern region of the country but no longer has a market because of renewable energy and the high more

05.06.2014

Companies’ collective action against the decisions made by public authorities must concur with the impact on the respective firms and on the market in its entirety, Mihaela Ion, managing associate more

05.06.2014

Romanian state should be a player in the economy that follows the competition regulations, while it plays dishonesty in economy by means of taxation, Adrian Manolache, member in Concordia Employers' more

05.06.2014

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

05.02.2014

Competition among suppliers on the energy market will allow consumers to demand lower and lower prices, and producers will be pressured to cut prices, even below generation costs, says George Nita, more

04.08.2014

Romania's four small beer producers - Bermas Suceava, Martens Galaţi, Imex Satu Mare and Albrau Onesti -have focused on producing private labels for large retailers to stay afloat on a market 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

12.13.2013

The Romanian telecommunications market, which is estimated at around EUR3.2 billion per year, will not be able to cope with four major players in the long term, Benoit Scheen, vice-president of Orange more

11.08.2013

The Romanian cement market, shared by three major players, French Lafarge, German HeidelbergCement and Swiss Holcim, is the least competitive economic sector, according to a Competition Council 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