In 2024, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) and the Albanian Competition Authority (ACA) collaborated under the TAIEX program. The project included workshops and an expert mission by UOKiK in Tirana, as well as a study visit of ACA representatives to Poland.

Competiton restricting practices, Concentration control, State aid, Contractual advantage, Payment gridlocks

Jul 31, 2024 · The President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection is the central authority of the government administration competent for competition and consumer protection.

Oct 11, 2022 · The primary objective of the Act on Competition and Consumer Protection (including articles 6 and 9 of the Competition Act – Polish equivalents of article 101 or 102 TFEU) is to protect competition taking into account the ‘public interest’.

Poland: On 8 July 2024, the Polish competition authority announced that it had opened an investigation into two Polish retail chains (Biedronka and Dino) together with transport companies serving the retailers, in respect of allegations of no-poach agreements in relation to drivers, potentially coordinated by the retail chains.

Since 2004 the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection has been providing its opinion on state aid schemes and individual state aid decisions before their notification to the European Commission, which is the only body with the power to determine state …

Competition authority, which at that time bore the name of the Antimonopoly Office, was part of a governmental administration in Poland. Since 1996, Polish competition authority has dealt both with competition and consumer protection issues.

The President of UOKiK has completed preliminary proceedings concerning the supply of IT systems to hospitals. He did not find any violation of antitrust law by the examined enterprises.Office of Competition and Consumer Protection

The planned main initiatives of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) for 2024 are not surprising, as they fully coincide with the authority’s statutory powers.

The President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection is a central governmental, independent authority responsible for making and implementing competition and consumer protection policies in Poland.