In the framework of promoting the culture of competition with the aim of protecting free and effective competition in the market, and to effectively combat agreements in offers in public procurement procedures, the Competition Authority, in cooperation with the Municipality of Berat, developed today, on on September 22, the Workshop
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The Competition Commission, in its meeting on 13.09.2023, with Decision no. 1013, dated 13.09.2023, decided to open the in-depth investigation procedure against the company Tirana International Airport SHPK and the company Auto Holiday Albania SHPK in the taxi service market for travelers to and from Tirana International Airport. The in-depth
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The Competition Commission, at its meeting on 29.08.2023, considered 4 concentration notices. 1. The concentration realized through the acquisition of control of CIRCOR International, Inc. by KKR & Co, Inc. through Cube BidCo, Inc. 2. The concentration realized through the acquisition of control of the company Efacec Power Solutions, SGPS
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The Competition Commission, in its meeting on 28.07.2023, considered the case for imposing a fine on the company AIR BP ALBANIA SHA for declaring incomplete and incorrect data. In terms of Article 55 of Law no. 9121/2003 “On the protection of competition” and the Regulation “On the implementation of the
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Following the concerns raised in the media on the implementation of the Decision of the Competition Commission no. 987, dated 24.05.2023 “For taking a temporary measure to restore competition in the market of taxi services for travelers from and to the International Airport of Tirana”, the inspectors of the Competition
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The Competition Commission, in its meeting on 05.07.2023, considered three concentration notices. The concentration realized through the acquisition of joint control of the company AIR BP ALBANIA SHA by the companies BP Holding International B.V. and United World Technologies B.V. The concentration realized through the acquisition of direct and indirect
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On 15.06.2023, the Assembly of Albania held a plenary session where the Chairman of the Competition Commission, Mr. Denar Biba, presented the report on the activity of the Competition Authority for the year 2022. In his speech, the Chairman of the Competition Authority, Mr. Biba stopped at the steps taken
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The Competition Commission, in its meeting dated 08.06.2023, imposed a fine of 5,000,000 (five million) lek on the company Gega Oil Group SHA, as a result of the non-notification within the deadline by the company Gega Oil Group SHA.A . of the concentration realized through the absorption merger of the
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The Competition Commission, in its meeting on 08.06.2023, approved with Decision no. 990, the Instruction “On unofficial instructions regarding new or unresolved issues in relation to articles 4 and 9 of law no. 9121/2003 “On the protection of competition” for individual cases”, which is based on the EU document “Notice
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Within the framework of the “Jean Monnet Center of Excellence South and East European Competition Law” project, which includes academics and competition law experts from various countries in Europe and the Western Balkans, a round table was held on June 1 with topic “Strengthening the implementation of competition law and