Cartels, Price Spikes and Supply Risks: Bulgaria’s Competition Watchdog Launches Wide-Ranging Investigations

The Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has completed extensive sectoral monitoring across Bulgaria’s food, fuel, and pharmaceutical markets, which together represent a combined turnover of around 23 billion euros in 2024, according to its latest annual report presented by CPC chairman Rosen Karadimov. Karadimov emphasized the scale and scope of the regulator’s work, noting that the analysis of these three key sectors is intended to identify risks, structural imbalances, and pricing distortions across entire supply chains rather than isolated cases. He said the findings provide a comprehensive overview of market conditions and guide further enforcement actions. ...