Press Release: Antitrust: Commission requests Slovak Republic to bring Slovak Competition Act into conformity with EU law

The European Commission formally requested the Slovak Republic to amend a provision of the Slovak Competition Act that limits the Slovak Competition Authority's power to apply Articles 81 (prohibiting cartels and other restrictive business practices) and 82 (prohibiting abuses of a dominant position) of the EC Treaty to anticompetitive behaviour in the electronic communications, energy and postal sectors. The request takes the form of a reasoned opinion, the second step of EC Treaty infringement procedures (Article 226). Unless the Slovak Republic brings its legislation into conformity with EU law within two months of receipt of the reasoned opinion, the Commission may decide to refer the case to the European Court of Justice.