Competition Council

The Competition Council (CC) approved the purchase of Accent Electronic company by the mobile operator Moldcell, reports Logos Press.

The Competition Council imposed a fine of about 800 thousand lei on the operator of the Yandex Go platform and the Yandex Pro application for not disclosing customers’ personal data during an investigation, Logos Press reported.

Two companies have been fined 6 million lei for falsifying bidding results in the purchase of medical equipment, Logos Press reported.

The government intends to introduce a ban on granting new state aid to enterprises that have not returned previously illegally obtained funds, as well as simplify the notification procedure in case of changes in its amount, – Logos Press reports.

The Competition Council conducted an unscheduled inspection at the office of the natural gas distribution operator as part of a special investigation, Logos Press reported.

The Competition Council announced the launch of an in-depth investigation into the economic concentration operation of “Curtea Dacilor” SRL, which intends to take full control of “Agro Business Group” SR, including agricultural land and processing equipment, – Logos Press reports.

The Competition Council today conducted surprise inspections of companies operating in the meat market, suspecting them of anti-competitive agreements – Logos Press reports.

The companies SRL “Rapid Link” and SRL “Victiana” were fined over 5 million lei for cartel price collusion during the procurement of portable video surveillance systems by the General Inspectorate of Police, Logos Press reported.

Commercial bank Victoriabank acquires control over the largest non-bank credit organization Microinvest, setting a precedent for redistribution of the lending market without combining loan portfolios,” Logos Press reports.

The joint control of the company “Zmanagement” SRL, which owns the hotel “Zentrum”, will pass to a group of individuals after acquiring the share capital from the current sole owner, – reports Logos Press.

The Competition Council found that the public authority violated Article 12 of the Competition Act: the actions of the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) distorted competition in the renewable energy supply market in 2017-2018,” Logos Press reported.

The Competition Council is working on legislative amendments to transpose into Moldovan law the norms of Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair practices between merchants and suppliers, – Logos Press reports.