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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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Where?
by regionAll jurisdictions
What for?
by action- Fine 15 cases 79 % · €1.16bn
- Order 4 cases 21 % ·
Who?
by sectorAll sectors
- Energy and utilities 4 cases 21 % · €258,256
- Media and online platforms 4 cases 21 % · €413.5m
- Retail and e-commerce 3 cases 16 % · €2.43m
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals 2 cases 11 % · €462.6m
- Food and agriculture 2 cases 11 % · €40,000
- Healthcare 1 case 5 % · €4.67m
- Other 1 case 5 % · €89,935
- Telecoms, IT and software 1 case 5 % · €19.4m
- Transport, logistics and shipping 1 case 5 % · €255.8m
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 2 | €19.4m |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 1 | €413.2m |
| Q4 2024 | 3 | €462.7m |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2025 | 3 | €513,906 |
| Q3 2025 | 2 | €30,000 |
| Q4 2025 | 3 | €262.3m |
| Q1 2026 | 1 | €186,781 |
| Q2 2026 | 1 | €300,000 |
| Q3 2026 | 3 | €10,000 |
19 cases
24 Sep 2026 Kalibrate Canada (Tochter der Kalibrate Technologies Ltd.)Canada: Kalibrate must stop sharing retailer-specific petrol station data Order
Kalibrate's "Market Intelligence" product passed on retailer-specific sales data from petrol stations that allowed conclusions to be drawn about competitors and could facilitate coordinated pricing behaviour. In an agreement registered with the Competition Tribunal, Kalibrate undertakes to supply only aggregated and time-delayed data – the first case under the reformed abuse of dominance rules.
Providers of market and price data must ensure that their products do not disseminate individualised competitor data.
- Authority / court
- Competition Bureau Canada (Consent Agreement beim Competition Tribunal)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Abuse-of-dominance-Bestimmungen des Competition Act (Fassung 2023)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 24 Sep 2026
- Competition Bureau secures agreement with Kalibrate to protect competition in the retail gas industry Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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26 Aug 2026 Wolt DenmarkWolt: Competition Council finds abuse of dominant position vis-à-vis restaurants Order
In 2022–2024, the delivery service used a standard clause to prohibit restaurants from being cheaper on their own channels than on Wolt, while at the same time being able to grant discounts without consultation and to compensate customers up to 400 DKK at the restaurants’ expense. The Konkurrencerådet (Danish Competition Council) ordered the practice to cease, required Wolt to inform all restaurants and intends to enforce a fine through the courts.
Platforms with a high market share should have parity clauses and unilateral cost shifting in standard terms reviewed under competition law.
- Authority / court
- Konkurrencerådet (Danish Competition Council)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Konkurrenceloven; AEUV Art. 102
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 26 Aug 2026
- KFST – Wolt has abused its dominant position (26.08.2026) Press release of an authority
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25 Aug 2026 Elizabeta Promet d.o.o., SolinCroatia: 10,000 EUR against Elizabeta Promet for deliveries without a written contract €10,000
As a buyer with significant bargaining power, the company from Solin purchased agricultural and food products from two suppliers without written contracts. The Agencija za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja (Croatian Competition Agency, AZTN) considered this an unfair trading practice and, taking mitigating circumstances into account, imposed 10,000 EUR (date = publication).
In food purchasing, the mere absence of written supply contracts is an infringement – a simple contract standard prevents this.
Written form for supply contracts in food purchasing
- Authority / court
- Agencija za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja (AZTN)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Zakon o zabrani nepoštenih trgovačkih praksi u lancu opskrbe hranom (ZNTP)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Mitigating circumstances
- Several mitigating circumstances taken into account
- Published
- 25 Aug 2026
- Provedba ZNTP-a: AZTN kaznio ELIZABETU PROMET d.o.o., Solin s 10.000,00 eura zbog nametanja nepoštenih trgovačkih praksi Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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24 Jun 2026 Kaufland Hrvatska k.d.Croatia: 300,000 EUR against Kaufland for unfair practices towards suppliers €300,000
The Agencija za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja (Croatian Competition Agency, AZTN) found that Kaufland Hrvatska charged food suppliers fees for services not provided and for advertising not commissioned, and paid for perishable goods only after more than 30 days. For these unfair trading practices, and with repeat offending as an aggravating factor (final penalty already in 2020), it imposed 300,000 EUR (date = publication).
Purchasing departments must know the payment deadlines and fee prohibitions of UTP law – repeat offences become significantly more expensive.
Fair terms towards suppliers in purchasing
- Authority / court
- Agencija za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja (AZTN)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 4, 11, 12 Zakon o zabrani nepoštenih trgovačkih praksi u lancu opskrbe hranom (ZNTP)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 24 Jun 2026
- AZTN kaznio KAUFLAND HRVATSKA k.d., Zagreb s 300.000,00 eura zbog nametanja nepoštenih trgovačkih praksi Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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5 Mar 2026 SIA "SS"Classifieds portal ss.lv blocked users of competitor – fine of 186,781 EUR €186,781
From March 2020 to May 2021, the operator of ss.lv/ss.com (market share over 60%) deleted advertisements and blocked accounts of users – mainly car dealers and estate agents – who also advertised on the competing platform pp.lv; anyone wishing to register with an inbox.lv address additionally had to provide a different e-mail address. The Konkurences padome (Latvian Competition Council) considered this an abuse of a dominant position (Art. 102 TFEU), imposed 186,780.65 EUR and required objective criteria for dealing with customers.
Market-leading platforms must not punish users for multi-homing – internal moderation rules need objective criteria.
Competition law limits in dealing with competitors’ customers
- Authority / court
- Konkurences padome (Lettischer Wettbewerbsrat)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 102 AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 18 Mar 2026
- KP konstatē SIA „SS“ dominējoša stāvokļa ļaunprātīgu izmantošanu … naudas sodu 186 780,65 EUR (18.03.2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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23 Dec 2025 Ryanair DAC, Ryanair Holdings plcItaly: 255.8 million EUR against Ryanair for obstructing travel agencies €255.8m
From April 2023 until at least April 2025, Ryanair obstructed travel agencies from buying Ryanair flights in combination with other services, for example through facial recognition procedures, account deletions, blocking of means of payment and restrictive partner agreements. The AGCM considered this to be an abuse of a dominant position and imposed fines of 255,761,692 EUR on a joint and several basis.
Dominant providers must not use technical barriers to force sales partners and resellers out of the market.
- Authority / court
- Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 102 AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 23 Dec 2025
- A568 - Ryanair DAC and its parent company Ryanair Holdings plc fined over € 255 million for abuse of a dominant position Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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6 Nov 2025 DoctolibFrance: 4.665 million EUR against Doctolib for abuse in doctor appointment booking €4.67m
Doctolib tied doctors with exclusivity clauses, bundled telemedicine with the appointment booking subscription and in 2018 acquired its main competitor MonDocteur in order to eliminate it (decision 25-D-06). Fines: 4.615 million EUR for exclusivity and tying, 50,000 EUR for the acquisition.
Platforms with high market shares should have exclusivity clauses, bundled offers and acquisitions of rivals reviewed under competition law.
- Authority / court
- Autorité de la concurrence
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 102 AEUV, Art. L.420-2 Code de commerce
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 6 Nov 2025
- L'Autorité de la concurrence sanctionne Doctolib à hauteur de 4 665 000 euros Press release of an authority
- Décision 25-D-06 relative à des pratiques mises en œuvre dans le secteur de la prise de rendez-vous médicaux en ligne Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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31 Oct 2025 "MAXIMA Latvija" SIAMaxima Latvija pays 1.87 million EUR for price pressure on food suppliers €1.87m
From November 2021 to August 2024, the retailer (market share 28%) put pressure on economically dependent suppliers: price increases remained unapproved for months, lower prices were demanded in the form of ultimatums and delisting was threatened. The Konkurences padome (Latvian Competition Council) found an unfair trading practice, imposed 1,872,805 EUR and set clear deadlines for negotiations.
Purchasing departments of retailers with strong market power need clear rules for price negotiations – threats of delisting are off limits.
Fair purchasing negotiations with suppliers
- Authority / court
- Konkurences padome (Lettischer Wettbewerbsrat)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Negodīgas tirdzniecības prakses aizlieguma likums (NTPAL)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Published
- 5 Nov 2025
- Konkurences padome soda „MAXIMA Latvija“ SIA par negodīgas tirdzniecības prakses īstenošanu (05.11.2025) Press release of an authority
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13 Aug 2025 Portugal: 30,000 EUR for exclusive tying of banana growers on Madeira €30,000
A dominant company for the collection, distribution and marketing of Madeira bananas (name not given) required producers to sign exclusivity declarations. In a settlement procedure (PRC/2025/6), it ended the practice and paid 30,000 EUR (date = press release).
Dominant buyers must not tie suppliers through exclusivity clauses – even small regional markets are being watched.
- Authority / court
- Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Lei da Concorrência (Lei n.º 19/2012), Art. 11.º; Art. 102 AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Mitigating circumstances
- Settlement (transação), full cooperation, immediate cessation, short duration
- Published
- 13 Aug 2025
- AdC sanciona empresa por abuso de posição dominante na comercialização de banana da Madeira Press release of an authority
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25 Jul 2025 Tamro Eesti OÜTamro Eesti: order against unfair payment terms for food supplements Order
In consignment agreements, the pharmaceutical wholesaler had made payment to suppliers of food supplements dependent on subsequent resale (payment period over 30 days) and had reserved the right to hold suppliers liable for spoiled goods. The Konkurentsiamet (Estonian Competition Authority) found infringements of the act on unfair trading practices in the food supply chain and ordered amended contractual terms.
Purchasing terms in the food sector – including for food supplements – must comply with the 30-day payment period and the prohibition on shifting risk.
- Authority / court
- Konkurentsiamet (Estnische Wettbewerbsbehörde)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- § 4 Abs. 1 und 2, § 5 Abs. 2, § 7 Abs. 1 PTEKS (UTP-Richtlinie (EU) 2019/633)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Ettekirjutus Tamro Eesti OÜ-le ebaausate kaubandustavade kasutamise lõpetamiseks nr 11-4/2025-001, 25.07.2025 Decision of an authority
- Konkurentsiamet – Ausad kaubandustavad: juhtumid Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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26 Jun 2025 SIA "Mārupes komunālie pakalpojumi"Water utility Mārupes komunālie pakalpojumi abuses monopoly over additional meters €78,056
From January 2022, by internal instruction, the municipal water utility reserved to itself the installation of additional water meters (for example for garden water), thereby excluding other providers; customers also had to pay for sewerage they did not use. The Konkurences padome (Latvian Competition Council) found an abuse of a dominant position, imposed 78,055.79 EUR and ordered remedies.
Municipal utilities are also subject to competition law – internal instructions that foreclose neighbouring markets are risky.
- Authority / court
- Konkurences padome (Lettischer Wettbewerbsrat)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 13 Konkurences likums
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 9 Jul 2025
- Konkurences padome soda SIA „Mārupes komunālie pakalpojumi“ (09.07.2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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24 Jun 2025 Brantner Fatra, s.r.o.Brantner Fatra: 180,200 EUR for excessive landfill prices charged to two towns upheld €180,200
In 2019–2022, the waste management company charged the towns of Martin and Vrútky significantly higher prices for landfilling residual waste than other municipalities without objective justification, although they had no alternative. The Council of the Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky (Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic, PMÚ SR) upheld the fine of 180,200 EUR; the decision became final on 3 July 2025.
Suppliers without a local alternative must be able to justify and document price differences between customers on objective grounds.
- Authority / court
- Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky (PMÚ SR)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Slowakisches Wettbewerbsschutzgesetz (Missbrauch einer marktbeherrschenden Stellung)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 9 Jul 2025
- Rada PMÚ potvrdila pokutu pre spoločnosť Brantner Fatra za zneužívanie dominantného postavenia Press release of an authority
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8 May 2025 „Кауфланд България ЕООД енд Ко“ КДKaufland demanded payments from suppliers for marketing and logistics – 500,000 leva €255,650
Following a preliminary investigation into rising food prices, the Комисия за защита на конкуренцията (Bulgarian Commission for the Protection of Competition, KZK) found that Kaufland had demanded and received payments from five suppliers for ‘marketing services’ and for ‘optimisation of goods flows’ and logistics that were not fully connected with the sale of their products. For the two prohibited trading practices (Art. 37b(1)(4) ZZK – Bulgarian Protection of Competition Act) it imposed 250,000 leva each, a total of 500,000 leva. An appeal has been lodged against the decision.
Charges to suppliers are only permissible if they are matched by a specific service connected with the sale.
Fair terms towards suppliers
- Authority / court
- Комисия за защита на конкуренцията (КЗК, Bulgarische Wettbewerbskommission)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 37b Abs. 1 Nr. 4 ZZK (verbotene Handelspraktiken in der Lebensmittelkette, UTP-Richtlinie)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
Original amount 500,000 BGN, converted at the ECB reference rate of 8 May 2025.
- КЗК Публичен електронен регистър – Производство (Решение № 429 от 08.05.2025; Volltext als PDF im Register) Official register or notice
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23 Dec 2024 Hrvatski lovački savezCroatia: 89,935 EUR against hunting association for predatory pricing in hunter training €89,935
From 2022 to March 2024, the Croatian Hunting Association offered hunter training below cost and financed this from areas in which it holds a statutory monopoly in order to drive out competitors. The Agencija za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja (Croatian Competition Agency, AZTN) imposed 89,935.20 EUR and ordered separate cost accounting; the High Administrative Court dismissed the action on 17 December 2025.
An organisation holding a monopoly in one market must not use the profits from it to undercut in neighbouring markets – separate cost accounting provides evidence.
- Authority / court
- Agencija za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja (AZTN)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 13 Nr. 1 Zakon o zaštiti tržišnog natjecanja (ZZTN)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 10 Feb 2025
- AZTN zbog zlouporabe vladajućeg položaja predatorskim cijenama kaznio Hrvatski lovački savez Press release of an authority
- Visoki upravni sud Republike Hrvatske odbio tužbu Hrvatskog lovačkog saveza i potvrdio rješenje AZTN-a Press release of an authority
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31 Oct 2024 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (Teva-Gruppe)EU: 462.6 million EUR against Teva for patent misuse and disparaging a competing medicine €462.6m
Teva abused its dominant position for the MS medicine Copaxone: it artificially extended patent protection by filing staggered divisional applications with the EPO and strategically withdrawing them, and spread misleading statements about an authorised competing product among physicians and decision-makers. Seven Member States were affected over periods of four to nine years.
Communications by sales representatives and medical affairs about competing products must be substantiated and objective; patent strategies of dominant companies require competition law review.
Disparaging statements about competing products to healthcare professionals
- Authority / court
- Europäische Kommission
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 102 AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Commission fines Teva €462.6 million over misuse of the patent system and disparagement (IP/24/5581) Press release of an authority
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7 Oct 2024 Eesti Keskkonnateenused ASEesti Keskkonnateenused must reduce excessive charges for moving waste containers Order
In 17 municipalities and towns with organised waste collection (16 price lists), the waste management company charged 8.33 to 20 EUR net per occasion for manually fetching containers over distances of 10 to 30 metres. The Konkurentsiamet (Estonian Competition Authority) considered this an abuse of a dominant position through excessively high prices and ordered the prices to be reduced to cost plus a reasonable profit by 31 October 2024.
Companies with exclusive waste collection rights in an area must also price additional services on a cost basis.
- Authority / court
- Konkurentsiamet (Estnische Wettbewerbsbehörde)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- § 16 Nr. 1, § 61¹ KonkS; § 28 Abs. 1 KorS
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Ettekirjutus nr 5-1/24-0002-227-7 Eesti Keskkonnateenused AS-ile, 07.10.2024 Decision of an authority
- Konkurentsiamet – Konkurentsikaitse: juhtumid Official register or notice
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30 Jul 2024 Booking.comSpain: 413 million EUR against Booking.com for abuse vis-à-vis hotels €413.2m
Booking.com, with a market share of 70–90 % in online hotel booking in Spain, imposed unfair conditions such as price parity clauses and obstructed other online travel agencies through ranking criteria (Expediente S/0005/21). The CNMC imposed a fine of 413.24 million EUR.
Parity clauses and ranking advantages for exclusive partners are high-risk for dominant platforms.
- Authority / court
- Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 2 LDC, Art. 102 AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 30 Jul 2024
- La CNMC multa a Booking.com con 413,24 millones de euros (S/0005/21) Press release of an authority
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4 Dec 2023 Swisscom (Schweiz) AGWEKO: CHF 18.4 million against Swisscom over fibre network roll-out strategy €19.4m
Swisscom expanded its fibre-optic network in such a way that competitors were not given Layer 1 access from the local exchanges. WEKO considered this to be an abuse of a dominant position, imposed a sanction of CHF 18,362,014, required Swisscom to retrofit the network and imposed procedural costs of CHF 927,307.
Dominant network operators must assess infrastructure decisions for their consequences for competitors' access.
- Authority / court
- Wettbewerbskommission (WEKO)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 7 Abs. 1 i.V.m. Abs. 2 lit. a und e KG, Art. 49a Abs. 1 KG
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
Original amount 18,362,014 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Dec 2023.
- Netzbaustrategie Swisscom: Verfügung vom 4. Dezember 2023 Decision of an authority
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19 Oct 2023 LITA, autorská spoločnosťLITA: fine for excessive licence fees for hotel TV upheld €57,939
In 2015–2019, the collecting society charged hotels and guesthouses unreasonably high licence fees for the performance of works via television and radio sets in guest rooms. The Council of the Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky (Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic, PMÚ SR) upheld the fine of 57,939 EUR; final since 27 October 2023.
Collecting societies with a statutory monopoly must also set reasonable tariffs.
- Authority / court
- Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky (PMÚ SR)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Slowakisches Wettbewerbsschutzgesetz, Art. 102 AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 31 Oct 2023
- Rada PMÚ potvrdila prvostupňové rozhodnutie PMÚ o uložení pokuty organizácii LITA za zneužívanie dominantného postavenia Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link