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Romanian Competition Council expands antitrust fines

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2026-07-28 22:23 UTC → 2026-08-13 11:42 UTC · added removed

Romanian Competition Council expands antitrust fines

In late July 2026 2026, the Romanian Competition Council demonstrated a widening enforcement of competition rules across different sectors. On 21 July July, it fined Euro Parts Distribution SRL and 15 franchisees €881 k €881k for imposing uniform pricing on auto‑parts auto-parts retailers, marking an early test of the authority’s scrutiny of franchise pricing practices. A week later, on 28 July, the Council imposed a much larger €4 million penalty on media group Pro TV for breaching commitments on retransmission fees, highlighting continued focus on price‑related price-related compliance in the broadcasting market. Together Pro TV announced it will contest the decision. The Council’s enforcement expanded significantly on 13 August, when it imposed fines totaling approximately €15.87 million (83.2 million lei) on 21 companies. These sanctions target the production and commercialization of agricultural seeds and crop protection products. Investigations found that major producers, including Pioneer Hi-Bred România S.R.L., Corteva Crop Solutions ROM S.R.L., and Maisadour Semences România S.R.L., used contractual provisions and a voucher system to control resale prices. Council President Bogdan Chirițoiu noted that while voucher systems are not inherently problematic, recommended prices must not function as mandatory fixed prices, emphasizing that distributors must be able to set independent resale prices. Together, these cases show a pattern of the Council targeting price‑fixing price-fixing and pricing‑discrimination pricing-discrimination issues in both across the automotive automotive, media, and media agricultural industries.

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