Balgarianovinite.com Bulgaria’s Parliament on Wednesday approved at first reading amendments to the Competition Protection Act aimed at curbing unfair trade practices and strengthening market oversight. The draft legislation, submitted by Progressive Bulgaria, passed with 148 votes in favour, 22 against and 22 abstentions.
The bill was backed by Progressive Bulgaria and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms. Voting against were eight MPs from Democratic Bulgaria and 14 from Continue the Change, while Vazrazhdane’s MPs and 11 of Democratic Bulgaria abstained. MPs from GERB-UDF did not take part in the vote.
The amendments expand the scope of prohibited unfair trade practices and provide for the creation of a central electronic register to ensure traceability across supply chains for agricultural and food products, as well as other wholesale goods designated by the Council of Ministers. The register is intended to support market monitoring, sector analysis and the early detection of unfair trade practices or competition violations.
Under the proposed changes, companies in dominant or jointly dominant market positions would be prohibited from imposing excessively high prices. A price would be considered excessive if it significantly exceeds economically justified production, acquisition and distribution costs, including a reasonable profit margin.
The bill also gives the Commission for Protection of Competition the power to impose temporary measures before the completion of proceedings in cases where there is a risk of serious or difficult-to-repair harm to competition.
During the debate, opposition lawmakers supported efforts to tackle unfair trade practices but warned that some retailers could raise prices pre-emptively because of the proposed measures. Representatives of the ruling majority rejected those concerns, arguing that a separate bill to be debated on Thursday would extend the euro changeover pricing rules by one year, requiring businesses to justify any price increases. Parliament Approves at First Reading Competition Protection Amendments Targeting Unfair Trade Practices 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-13 10:52:53 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law