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The President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has granted approval for the takeover by Roust Trading of control over the Central European Distribution Corporation – producer of Bols, Żubrówka, Soplica and other vodkas ...>
The President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has granted approval for the takeover by Netia of a part of the network providing television, Internet and telephone access services in buildings where these services were formerly provided by UPC and Aster prior to the merger of both these operators ...>
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27.09.2012 Forum 2012.09.27 - part.1. Official welcome
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27.09.2012 Forum 2012.09.27 - part.3. Joaquín Almunia
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20.04.2012 12th ICN Conference - promotional video
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23.01.2012 Consent under control
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23.01.2012 Leniency programme - TV Ad (2008)
Events
The Polish Antitrust Authority is responsible for implementation of the first stage of international initiative concerning the cooperation with judges. Its results will be presented this year during the most significant event devoted to competition protection, which is to be held in Poland. Between 23-26 April UOKiK will be the host country of the 12th Annual ICN Conference ...>
UOKiK hosted the international seminar concerning the application of economy in the field of competition protection. Participants were discussing issues such as the potential impact of economic analyses on increasing the effectiveness of detecting bid-rigging. Economic tools are also used to monitor the competition on the markets. The latest analysis of UOKiK is related to the Polish railway freight transport ...>
Following the latest reseach commissioned by the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, undertakings highly assess their knowlegde of competition law and are aware of which practices can be regarded as prohibited ...>
Finding the right balance between effective cartel detection and legal procedure, new trends in the sanctions policy – these and other topics will be discussed during the second International Competition Law Forum ...>
Finding the right balance between effective cartel detection and legal procedure, new trends in the sanctions policy – these and other topics will be discussed during the International Competition Law Forum to be organized for the second time by the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection ...>
Polish undertakings in 2011 were granted as much as PLN 24.5 billion. How future guidelines by the European Commission for regional aid granted in the years 2014-2020 will affect domestic funds? Participants to the International State Aid Days, held by UOKiK in cooperation with the Danish Ministry of Business and Growth, tried to answer this question ...>
Polish gas market - report of UOKiK 
Separating the retail and wholesale within PGNiG, activating the wholesale gas trading via the exchange, protecting vulnerable recipients, and diversification of supply sources in the future – to name a few postulates of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection as regards the gas market in Poland. The Office has issued a special report concerning this issue ...>
944 decisions concerning competition and consumer protection, product safety and financial sanctions exceeding PLN 397 million – these are results of works performed by the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection in 2011 ...>
Train, plane & car - report of UOKiK 
183 abusive clauses – as reveals the first inspection of car hire services, railway and air carriers, performed by the President of UOKiK. In most cases undertakings totally exclude their liability for car damage, luggage or train cancellation. There are 19 pending proceedings ...>
10 October 2011, after nearly three years of negotiations, the EU Council adopted a new Directive strengthening the rights of consumers ...>
12th ICN Conference - final remarks 
10 plenary sessions, over 30 working groups’ meetings – these are results of the three-day International Competition Network Conference (ICN) hosted by UOKiK and concerning, inter alia, the cooperation of antimonopoly authorities with courts, establishing and forming the competition protection authorities in Eastern Europe, and the effective cartel detection. Next year the Network meeting will be held in Morocco...>
Determining circumstances when the President of UOKiK may conclude the proceedings by way of conciliation. Specifying conditions where commitments of undertaking to change the prohibited practice can be accepted. More on commitment decisions in the special document by UOKiK ...>
Real estate market - new regulations
Security deposit in a trust account, preliminary agreement in the form of a notarial deed, information prospectus - just to name a few measures introduced by the new regulations protecting consumers buying property in the primary market ...>
Competition in the market of communal waste - Report of UOKiK 
More than a thousand surveyed communes, nearly 300 undertakings. The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection examined the communal waste management in Poland. The result is a report that analyzes the competition in that market ...>
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