The Georgian Competition and Consumer Agency (GCCA) has completed an investigation initiated following a complaint from "Poseidoni 2022" LLC. The investigation found no infringement of Article 7 of the Law of Georgia on Competition by “Golden Fish Batumi” LLC and “Zundagi” LLC, as no evidence supported the existence of anti-competitive agreements. Additionally, it was determined that “Golden Fish Batumi” LLC did not hold a dominant position in the relevant market during the review period (2022–2024), thus clearing it of any violation of Article 6.
The Georgian Competition and Consumer Agency has completed an investigation launched on the basis of information disclosed by the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia concerning the sale of medicines with excessively high markups. The investigation established that four companies (Gea LLC, Concept Pharma LLC, Global CBS LLC, and Rich Group LLC) abused their dominant position in the market by setting unfairly high prices for seven medicines. This conduct constitutes a violation of Article 6, paragraph 2, subparagraph (a) of the Law of Georgia on Competition. As a result, the Agency imposed fines on the four entities, totaling 559,357.01 GEL. In addition to the sanctions, and in line with its broader mandate to enhance competitive conditions across sectors and prevent future abuse of dominance, the Agency issued mandatory recommendations for consideration.
The Georgian Competition and Consumer Agency has completed its investigation, launched following a joint complaint from car importers. As part of the investigation, it was established that LLC “Rustavi Auto Market “ and LLC “Mikado Georgia“ had abused their dominant market position by setting unfairly high prices, in breach of subparagraph “a” of paragraph 2, Article 6 of the Law of Georgia on Competition. As a result, the Agency imposed a combined fine of 848 276 GEL on the two respondent entities. To enhance competition in the sector and prevent future abuse of market dominance, the Agency also issued a mandatory recommendation for consideration.
The Georgian National Competition Agency has established a violation of Article 7 (Restrictive agreements ) of the Law of Georgia on Competition in the online cinema ticket sales market. According to the decision of the National Competition Agency, the complainant (E-Tickets LLC) and the defendants (Tineti LLC and the unified economic entity "Didstribution Company") were fined more than 1.6 million GEL for anti-competition agreement. However, JSC TBC Bank and TBC Bank Group PLC were not found in violation of Article 7, and violation was not established against "Distribution Company" LLC. The National Competition Agency issued three recommendations to relevant entities to improve the market for online sales of tickets for cultural, entertainment, creative, sports, leisure and tourism, educational, transport and other types of events/products/services.
The Georgian National Competition Agency completed the investigation based on the complaint of "MGL GEORGIA ". The case concerned the alleged violation of Articles 6 and Article 113 of the Law of Georgia on Competition by “GNS Georgia”. According to the received and processed information, the fact of violation of the law on the part of the respondent undertaking was not confirmed.
The Georgian National Competition Agency completed the investigation based on the complaint of "Delta Development Group", on the alleged violation of Articles 6 and 7 of the Law of Georgia on Competition by the companies operating in the field of translation and interpretation services. The investigation confirmed the violation of Article 7 of the Law of Georgia on Competition by the two respondent undertakings and one of the translator-interpreter. The undertakings were imposed the appropriate financial sanction and instructed to immediately eliminate the violation of the law. Also, a recommendation was issued to the undertakings for consideration.
The National Competition Agency of Georgia has completed the investigation based on the complaint of the "Georgian Insurance Group", on the alleged violation of Articles 6 of the Law of Georgia on Competition by the "Geo Hospitals", and the "Risk Management and Insurance Company Global Benefits Georgia". As a result of the investigation, the fact of violation of the law was not confirmed. However, "Geo Hospitals" was instructed to consider the issue of providing family doctor services on Saturday, in case of an address from "Georgian Insurance Group". After reaching an agreement on commercial conditions, ensure the conclusion of a corresponding contract under equal and non-discriminatory conditions.
Competition Agency of Georgia has completed the investigation based on the complaint of the “Geverse Development”. The case concerned to the fact of compliance with the competition legislation of the action taken by the company "Outdoor.ge" in Tbilisi, on the right bank of the River Mtkvari, in the outdoor advertising permit service market. As a result of the investigation the violation of Article 6 of the law of competition of Georgia was established, which implies abuse of dominant position. The company was imposed a financial sanction under the law and in order to improve the competitive environment in the relevant market, appropriate recommendations have been issued.
14 terminal companies operating in Poti submitted a complaint to the Agency, regarding abuse of dominant position by the JSC “Poti Sea Port” - expressed in the introduction of a mandatory new combined tariff. As a result of the investigation, a new scheme introduced by the port was found as an abuse of dominant position, however, the new scheme has not been activated, and violation by the port was not established and no sanctions were imposed.
Ltd “Duty Free Georgia” submitted a complaint to the Competition Agency, regarding the alleged violation of the abuse of dominant position by the “Tbilisi Tobacco“. Abuse was derived from the exclusive contract between the defendant and the complainant’s competitor company on the supply of products. As a result of the investigation the abuse of dominant position by the ‘Tbilisi Tobacco’ was not confirmed.
