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07.10.2020
Public consultation to analyse the need for hedging instruments for electricity market
The Estonian Competition Authority, together with Public Utilities Commission of Latvia announces a public consultation to investigate the needs for hedging instruments at the borders of the Estonian and Latvian bidding zone areas (EE-FI, EE-LV and LV-LT borders, all in both directions), according...
02.09.2020
The price regulation of pharmaceuticals is illusory
The Competition Authority conducted an analysis of the competition situation in order to assess the functioning of the regulation that sets the limits for the prices of medicines. The Competition Authority considers that the current system for the mark-up of medicines is deficient and its...
04.08.2020
The Estonian Competition Authority makes a proposal for changing the system of compensation for power outages
The Competition Authority has devised proposals for changes in the system of compensation for power outages in order to ensure fairer compensation to consumers in the event of substandard quality of the network service. The Authority has forwarded the proposals to the Ministry of Economic Affairs...
22.07.2020
Public consultation on the demand response market framework for an independent aggregator in electricity markets
The Demand response Working Group, formed by the Estonian Competition Authority, Elering AS (Estonian TSO) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, has developed an initial concept for involving the flexibility of an independent aggregator into all electricity market levels in...
07.07.2020
Memorandum of Understanding signed by Baltic energy market regulators
On 23th of June 2020 the Estonian Competition Authority, Public Utilities Commission of Latvia and National Energy Regulatory Council of Lithuania signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concerning the Baltic Energy Regulators’ cooperation on Electricity Market Development. The purpose of this...
20.05.2020
Synchronisation of the power system of the Baltic States with the network of Central Europe enters second stage
On 27 April 2020, the energy regulators (the Competition Authority in Estonia) of the Baltic States and Poland signed an agreement which approves the second stage of the synchronisation of the Baltic States’ power systems with the network of Central Europe. The project is coordinated by the...
23.03.2020
Antitrust: Joint statement by the European competition authorities on the coronavirus crisis
Today, all competition authorities in the European Competition Network (the European Commission, the European Surveillance Authority, and the national competition authorities of the EU/EEA) are issuing a joint statement on how to apply the European competition rules during the crisis.
Antitrust...
09.03.2020
A recharging network for electric vehicles cannot become a monopoly
The Estonian Competition Authority points out in its letter to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, the Ministry of Justice, and Elektrilevi OÜ that in case of a recharging network for electric vehicles it is important to prevent creation of a monopoly.
Directive (EU) 2019/944 of...
21.08.2019
The Competition Authority recommends opening notary fees to price competition
The Competition Authority recommends setting notary fees not as fixed rates but as an upper threshold (limit prices), notaries then being able to use price lists below that limit and if necessary then to agree more favourable prices with a client. With this the consumer gets the opportunity to...
19.08.2019
Estonian Competition Authority prohibited the acquisition by Estravel Holding OÜ of Public Limited Company Wris
On 15 August 2019, the Estonian Competition Authority prohibited the acquisition by Estravel Holding OÜ of Public Limited Company Wris as it would negatively affect competition in the travel agency market (retail of travel services). The parties to the concentration are close competitors of each...