The Polish competition authority applies the principle of in dubio pro reo in the case concerning a cartel on the domestic certification market (and refuses to use lie detecting devices)
On 29…
On March 7, 2017, the Polish Court of Competition and Consumer Protection, the ("CCCP"), issued an important judgment regarding the powers of the Polish Competition Authority, the ("PCA"), to search…
Rzeczpospolita daily reported that UOKiK (Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection) is set to issue an important decision concerning a complaint against the online platform Allegro. Some…
Let me get this straight from the beginning. I am not a big fan of the trend among the competition authorities to introduce whistleblowing programs. For me this seems to be rather a sign of weakness…
The Act on Combating Unfair Use of Contractual Advantage in Trading in Agricultural and Food Products (the “Act”) will enter into force in the mid-2017.
The objective of the Act is to eliminate…
On 30 September 2015, the Act on Control of Certain Investments (the "Act") enters into force. The Act aims to create mechanisms to protect against hostile takeovers of companies operating in key…
The recent practice of the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (the "OCCP") shows that conditional clearance decisions are becoming more common. In 2014, the OCCP issued…
The Polish competition authority (Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów, "PCA") has recently addressed the issue of resale price maintenance clauses ("RPM") (see PCA decision of 31 December…
