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Belgrade: The Commission for the Protection of Competition, based on Eurostat data for 2019, stated that prices for consumer electronics in Serbia were 13% higher than in the EU.
Source: Tanjug
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It is claimed that, for example, in Serbia, the prices of certain product categories were 33 to 39 percent higher relative to prices in Hungary, where the value added tax is 27 percent, while in the Republic of Serbia that tax is 20 per cent.
At the same time, prices for consumer electronics in Hungary were 2.5 percent lower than the European Union average.
The commission initiated the procedure to investigate the violation of jurisdiction ex officio and carried out unannounced inspections at the companies Roaming Electronics, Tehnomanija and Comtrade Distribution.
This, as stated, was done to examine the existence of restrictive agreements of Article 10 of the Law on Protection of Competition, which restrict competition in the markets for retail and wholesale consumer electronics in Serbia.
The commission analyzed the conditions of competition in the wholesale and retail market and, by inspecting public price data, it was determined that consumer electronics are offered in retail establishments, as well as on retailers’ websites, to identical or nearly identical prices.
The Commission reasonably assumes that there are harmonized obligations, that is, agreements, that determine the prices and conditions of resale trade, which is a restrictive agreement that represents a violation of the jurisdiction of article 10 of the Law.
The Commission invites all persons who have data, documents or other relevant information that may contribute to establishing the facts in this procedure to send them to the address of the Commission for the Protection of Competition, Savska 25 / IV, Belgrade.
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