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The Croatian Competition Agency finds price fixing agreement between publishers of news and political weekly magazines null and void (EPH/NCL Media Grupa)

The Croatian Competition Agency decided on 16 December 2010 that the only two publishers of news and political weekly magazines which are of national relevance in Croatia, Europapress Holding d.o.o. (‘Globus’ magazine) and NCL Media Grupa d.o.o. (‘Nacional’ magazine) explicitly agreed on a price increase on 31 July 2008. The agreement was reached by the chairmen of management boards of Europapress Holding and NCL Media Grupa who exchanged text messages on their mobile phones with the goal to raise prices. Within the same week the price of their respective magazines was elevated from HRK 12, 00 to HRK 14, 00. The Agency decided that Article 9 of Competition Act (Narodne novine 122/2003) was breached and as a consequence the agreement was found to be void. It was determined that the infringement lasted from 31 July 2008, when the agreement was reached, to 16 December 2010, when the decision of the Agency was adopted.

Anticompetitive practices - Cartel - Price fixing - Hardcore restriction - Nullity/Voidness - Anticompetitive object/effect - Press - Advertising

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