Competence and powers of the Czech Antimonopoly Office - de lege lata and de lege ferenda

Abstract

Recently, there have been intense discussions in the Czech media on the allegedly insufficient powers of the Czech Antimonopoly Office in the area of electronic communications. According to such information, the Czech Republic was even facing a potential legal action by the European Commission at the European Court of Justice due to the limited powers of the Antimonopoly Office. With respect to the fact that the information published in the media was quite incomplete and, in many cases, did not reflect the actual state of affairs, I consider it desirable to look at the issue of competence and powers of the Antimonopoly Office in more detail.