The Georgian Competition and Consumer Agency (GCCA) adopted a decision to leave the complaint submitted by “Smartnet” LLC unexamined. During the assessment of the complaint’s formal admissibility, the Agency established that the application did not comply with the formal requirements set out in the applicable legislation. The complainant was granted a period within which to remedy the identified deficiencies and subsequently resubmitted the complaint. However, the revised submission continued to fall short of the prescribed formal requirements. As the competition legislation does not provide for the issuance of a second notice requiring the rectification of deficiencies in respect of the same complaint, the Agency decided to leave the complaint unexamined. The complaint alleged infringements of Articles 6, 7, 10 and Article 11(3) of the Law of Georgia on Competition by Card Solution LLC.
The decision to leave the complaint unexamined does not prevent the complainant from reapplying to the Georgian Competition and Consumer Agency and requesting an examination of the same matter on the same grounds, provided that the relevant procedural requirements are duly satisfied.
The Georgian Competition and Consumer Agency dismissed a complaint submitted by "Geoprof” Ltd. During the initial admissibility of the complaint, it was found that it did not meet the formal requirements as per the law. The complainant was given a deadline to eliminate the issues, but upon resubmission, the complaint still did not meet the formal standards. Considering that the competition law do not stipulate that a complaint may be filed twice, it was determined not to consider the complaint.
Dismissing a complaint does not deprive a person of the right to apply to the Georgian Competition and Consumer Protection Agency on the same subject matter, on the same basis, with the request to investigate the issue.
