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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13429

12 June 2024
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Competition
European Commission enjoins Czech Republic to restore competition in packaging waste treatment sector
Brussels, 11/06/2024 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday, 11 June, the European Commission announced that it had enjoined the Czech Republic, via a letter of formal notice, to improve competition in the waste sector.

Its preliminary view is that the legal provisions that have made the incumbent waste treatment operator, EKO-KOM, the de facto sole company authorised to collect and recover packaging waste for the last 20 years could constitute an infringement of Articles 102 and 106 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU.

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