Competition Protection Commission

The sale of Sofia's Kempinski Hotel Zografski is about to be completed, report Bulgarian-language media. 

Bulgaria's Parliament passed at second reading amendments to the Competition Protection Act regarding the large retail chains, reports Dnevnik.bg.

The amendments will regulate the business relations between the large retail chains and the suppliers and will impose a number of restrictions on the chains. 

Bulgaria's Sofiyska Voda water utility will lodge an appeal against the BGN 4.8M fine imposed by the Competition Protection Commission for an abuse of dominant position.

Bulgaria's Commission for Protection of Competition has imposed a fine on water utility Sofiyska Voda for BGN 4,800,600 for abuse of a dominant position.

The Competition Protection Commission (CPC) has accused the three electricity distribution companies (EPDs) operating in Bulgaria of abuse of dominant position.

CPS's motives to take the step were that the power distributors set and impose ungrounded prices for access to their low-voltage electricity transmission lines, Dariknews.bg has reported.

Bulgaria's Competition Protection Commission (CPC) accused the natural gas distributor Bulgargaz of abuse of dominant position. 

According to CPC, between August 2010 and end of 2012 Bulgargaz hindered competition and infringed customers' interests by forcing its clients to extend their contracts without the option to re-negotiate the conditions.