The Georgian Competition and Consumer Agency has released a report assessing the impact on the competitive environment and conducting ex-post monitoring of the relevant market. The report confirmed that procurement organizations violated Article 10 of the Law of Georgia on Competition by imposing a barrier as a tender condition in state procurement. This requirement mandated bidders to submit a court certificate confirming no ongoing trial regarding their accreditation status. The Agency's ex-post monitoring found that the contested tender condition did not create administrative barriers for interested undertakings, and state procurement organizations complied with the decision and upheld the principle of competition when forming tender conditions.
The Georgian National Competition Agency has prepared the monitoring report of Poti seaport services and related markets, in order to study the current situation after the investigation. In particular, based on the complaint of June 8, 2016, of undertakings operating in the terminal services market, the Agency investigated the violation of Article 6 of the Law of Georgia on Competition by the Corporation Poti Seaport. Within the framework of the decision, the fact of abuse of dominant position by the "Corporation Poti Seaport was not confirmed. Based on the Agency’s appeal, the court has banned the introduction of a new scheme for the processing of anti-competitive containers. The Competition Agency considered the implementation of the new container recycling scheme incompatible with the competition law and did not grant the seaport administration the right to implement it.
According to the impact assessment prepared by the Georgian National Competition Agency, the results of the decisions taken by the Agency had a positive effect on the activities indicators of the insurance sector. In particular, according to the decision of the Competition Agency, it was considered as a violation of Article 10 of the Competition Law: in state procurement, the request of bank guarantees for the performance of the contract issued only by banking institutions and the request of bank guarantees to be used in preliminary settlement.
The National Competition Agency prepared a report on the impact assessment of its decision, which was related to the investigation based on the application of "Optimal Group+". As part of the investigation, the fact of violation of Article 10 of the Law of Georgia on Competition was established by the state procurement organizations, according to the investigation, the request to submit the conclusion issued only by the Lepl “Levan Samkharauli National Forensic Bureau” in the tenders announced to purchase design/construction/engineering works was against Competition legislation. The impact assessment confirmed that the decision made by the Agency practically changed the market structure and improved the competitive environment.
