На 7 - 8 април 2025г. КЗК взе участие в шестия семинар за борба с тръжните манипулации в Загреб, Хърватия. Благодарности на Agencija za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja за гостоприемството и нашия колега Simeon Kolev за това, че ни представляваше.
𝗭𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗯, 𝟳-𝟴 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: In the framework of our six-country project on fighting bid rigging funded by the European Union (SG Reform) via the Technical Support Instrument, #OECDcomp and Agencija za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja (AZTN) carried out a two-day workshop for public procurement and competition officials in Croatia. We are thankful to the AZTN for the great co-operation, and the speakers who shared their insights on prevention and detection of #bidrigging. Branimira Kovačević, Jelena Pavičić, Ivana Hruškar, Tadija Kristić (AZTN, Croatia), Lucia Slovak, Johannes Persch (EU Competition), Despina Pachnou, Eduardo Mangada Real de Asúa, Carmen Rubio Bañeres (OECD Competition Law and Policy), Petra K. (Office for the Protection of Competition, Czechia), Ralph Taschke (Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde | Austrian Federal Competition Authority ), Simeon Kolev (Комисия за защита на конкуренцията, Bulgaria), Costas Karathymios (Commission for the Protection of Competition of the Republic of Cyprus, Teri Vasilopoulou (Hellenic Competition Commission, Greece) and Alexandra Dobondi (Consiliul Concurenţei, Romania) Natalie Harsdorf, Lukas Cavada, Nadya Mincheva, Vesselka Kosserska, Mirta Kapural, Eva Pantzari, OLGA DROUSSIOTI PAPACHRYSANTHOU, Hara Nikolopoulou, Nadia Skandali, Angeliki Simitopoulou, Oana Neg, Irina Popovici, Catalina Deica, Kaspar Richter, Sari Suurnäkki, Carmine Di Noia, Ori Schwartz, Antonio Capobianco More information about the project and upcoming events ➡️ https://oe.cd/fbr6 KEY TAKEAWAYS 🔹 Reports by procurement officials play a key role in bid-rigging investigations. 🔹 Co-operation between competition authorities and other public bodies is essential for timely and effective enforcement against bid rigging. 🔹 The OECD Bid-Rigging Guidelines provide practical advice to detect suspicious bidding patterns, as well as best practices for the pro-competitive design of tenders. 🔹 As victims of bid-rigging cartels, contracting authorities are entitled to seek compensation and claim damages. #CompetitionLaw #PublicProcurement #FightingBidRigging #OECD #EU #CapacityBuilding #antitrust