The Competition Commission, in its meeting on 19.04.2024, considered the monitoring of the implementation of the Decision of the Competition Commission no. 970, dated 24.03.2023, “On the legal evaluation of the Agreement Act no. 2729 prot., dated 13.02.2023, between the General Directorate of Road Transport Services, the “National Driving School Association”, the Driving School Association “Road Safety” and the General Directorate of Taxes”.
At the end of the market monitoring procedure of the preparation service and equipment with a driving license, according to the category of driving license, evidence or certificate, pursuant to DCC no. 970/2023, it results that, on the part of the Driving School subjects, point I of DCC no. 970/2023, not applying the increase in fees according to Agreement Act no. 2729 prot., dated 13.02.2023, which has been assessed as an act of agreement contrary to Article 4 of Law no. 9121/2003, “On competition protection”.
For these reasons, the Competition Commission by Decision no. 1071, dated 19.04.2024, decided to close the procedure for monitoring the implementation of DCC no. no. 970, dated 24.03.2023, “On the legal evaluation of the Agreement Act no. 2729 prot., dated 13.02.2023, between the General Directorate of Road Transport Services, the “National Driving School Association”, the Driving School Association “Road Safety” and the General Directorate of Taxes”.
Also, the Competition Commission reviewed the draft decision of the National Regulatory Commission (NRC), which informs the Competition Authority that it has started the procedure for reviewing the application for a tariff change of the regional enterprise Water and Sewerage Fier SHA, which has proposed through draft decision, to apply the setting of the new level of service fees for the supply of drinking water, the removal of polluted water for the maintenance of the water supply and sewerage network, in the entire service area after the establishment of the regional enterprise Water and Sewerage Fier SHA on 08.09.2022, based on DMC no. 302, dated 11.05.2022 “On national policies for the reorganization of the water supply sector and the removal, treatment and processing of polluted water”.
From the review and assessment of the information on the application for changing the tariff level as well as the corresponding draft decision “On the approval of the water supply service fees and the removal of polluted water for the regional enterprise Water and Sewerage Fier SHA”, the Competition Commission decided by Decision no. 1072, dated 19.04.2024, to recommend the following to the Water Regulatory Body:
- The changed tariffs, which will be approved by ERRU for the regional enterprise Water and Sewerage Fier SHA, should be oriented towards the cost of services and be based on the principle of non-discrimination.
- The approval of the change in tariffs, considered by NRC, should be published on ERRU’s official website.
- To make transparent on the official website of the Municipality of Fier, Roskovec and Mallakastër, as well as in the regional enterprise Water and Sewerage Fier SHA, the public hearing sessions with interested parties for the proposed change of tariffs.
The Competition Commission also considered the concentration obtained through the acquisition of control of the undertakings Neoen Renewables Croatia d.o.o. and Fazan Sol d.o.o. from the company STATKRAFT OIE d.o.o.
The concentration will not create overlaps or upstream or downstream relations between the activities of the parties at the national level and for these reasons, the intended transaction will not bring change and will not have an impact on the Albanian market.
For these reasons, the Competition Commission by Decision no. 1073, dated 19.04.2024, decided to authorize the concentration obtained through the acquisition of control of the companies Neoen Renewables Croatia d.o.o. and Fazan Sol d.o.o. from the company STATKRAFT OIE d.o.o.
Furthermore, please consult the official page of the Competition Authority at http://caa.gov.al