Compliance Radar

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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.

3cases from 1 jurisdiction
€8.05mTotal of monetary amounts
€1.6mMedian per case with an amount

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3 cases

24 Sep 2026 Plaček Pet Products s.r.o.Plaček Pet Products: 36.4 million CZK for minimum prices on pet food CzechiaCartels and collusion €1.49m

From January 2013 to March 2022, the distributor of premium pet food and pet supplies imposed minimum resale prices on its retailers and threatened sanctions if they were undercut. In a settlement procedure, the Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže (Czech Office for the Protection of Competition, ÚOHS) imposed 36.438 million CZK; the company ended the conduct after the inspection and introduced a compliance programme.

What organisations can take from it

Never enforce recommended retail prices with supply stops or sanctions – sales teams need clear rules on this.

Relevance to training and awareness

Price requirements imposed on retailers in sales

Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.

Authority / court
Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže (ÚOHS)
Area of law
Competition law · Cartels and collusion
Legal basis
Verbot vertikaler Preisbindung (tschechisches Wettbewerbsgesetz, Art. 101 AEUV)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Retail and e-commerce
Culpability
intentional
Mitigating circumstances
Termination immediately after the inspection, information of customers about free pricing, full cooperation, settlement and newly introduced compliance programme.
Published
24 Sep 2026

Original amount 36,438,000 CZK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 24 Sep 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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6 May 2026 HP TRONIC Zlín, spol. s r.o.HP TRONIC Zlín: 39 million CZK for price requirements imposed on electronics retailers CzechiaCartels and collusion €1.6m

For more than ten years from 2012, the distributor and retailer of consumer electronics and household appliances set minimum resale prices for its retail customers, monitored them and sanctioned deviations. The Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže (Czech Office for the Protection of Competition, ÚOHS) imposed 38.971 million CZK; a leniency application, settlement and an improved compliance programme reduced the fine, and the company appealed against the amount.

What organisations can take from it

Reprimanding retailers over low prices risks high fines – an effective compliance programme can reduce them but is no substitute for ending the practice.

Relevance to training and awareness

Resale price maintenance in sales

Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.

Authority / court
Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže (ÚOHS)
Area of law
Competition law · Cartels and collusion
Legal basis
Tschechisches Wettbewerbsgesetz, Art. 101 AEUV (S0551/2023)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
under appeal
Sector
Retail and e-commerce
Culpability
intentional
Mitigating circumstances
Leniency application, settlement and expansion of the internal compliance programme.
Published
6 May 2026

Original amount 38,971,000 CZK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 6 May 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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13 Feb 2024 ELECTROLUX (Unternehmen der schwedischen Electrolux-Gruppe; Rechtsform in der Mitteilung nicht genannt)Electrolux: record fine of 125.4 million CZK for resale price maintenance on household appliances CzechiaCartels and collusion €4.96m

From the end of 2012 at the latest until autumn 2021, Electrolux enforced minimum resale prices for appliances of the Electrolux, AEG and Zanussi brands, monitored prices via comparison portals and restricted resales. In a settlement procedure, the Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže (Czech Office for the Protection of Competition, ÚOHS) imposed 125.404 million CZK, the highest fine for vertical price fixing to date.

What organisations can take from it

Monitoring prices via comparison portals and then approaching retailers is classic resale price maintenance – sales staff must know where the line lies.

Relevance to training and awareness

Resale price maintenance and price monitoring in retail

Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.

Authority / court
Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže (ÚOHS)
Area of law
Competition law · Cartels and collusion
Legal basis
Tschechisches Wettbewerbsgesetz, Art. 101 AEUV (S0187/2023)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Retail and e-commerce
Employees
10,000 or more
Culpability
intentional
Mitigating circumstances
Voluntary termination, above-average cooperation, expansion of the compliance programme, settlement.
Published
13 Feb 2024

Original amount 125,404,000 CZK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 13 Feb 2024.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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