Competition authority fines two breweries €8.5 million

The Commission for the Protection of Competition recently issued a decision determining that two breweries – Pivara Skopje ad Skopje (from December 17 2012) and Pivarnica Prilep ad Prilep (from November 13 2010) – were engaged in resale price maintenance.

The breweries entered into agreements with independent distributors for the sale and distribution of beer. The agreements contained price-fixing provisions. The distributors were allegedly restricted from independently determining resale prices. The agreements with Pivarnica Prilep also contained non-compete clauses with unlimited duration.

The commission fined Pivara Skopje €5.8 million and Pivarnica Prilep €2.7 million.

For further information on this topic please contact Srdjana Petronijević at Moravčević Vojnović i Partneri in cooperation with Schoenherr by telephone (+381 11 320 26 00) or email (s.petronijevic@schoenherr.rs). The Moravčević Vojnović i Partneri website can be accessed at www.schoenherr.rs.