On 24 June 2026, the Slovenian Competition Protection Agency (SCPA) initiated, ex officio, proceedings to investigate a potential infringement of Article 5 of the Prevention of Restriction of Competition Act (ZPOmK-2) and Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) against the companies ACER EUROPE AG, ACORD-92 d. o. o., ACTUAL I.T. d. d., EMC COMPUTER SYSTEMS AUSTRIA GmbH, GAMBIT TRADE d. o. o., HP COMPUTING AND PRINTING d. o. o., LANCOM d. o. o., LENOVO TECHNOLOGY B.V., and SRC d. o. o.
The Agency found that there is a likelihood that the listed companies concluded a prohibited restrictive agreement or engaged in concerted practices within the territory of the Republic of Slovenia regarding public procurement procedures for the supply of personal computers, laptops, and related peripheral equipment. The alleged infringement is said to have commenced in June 2019, with individual companies participating at different times and in relation to different public procurement contracts. The alleged conduct reportedly involved the submission of rigged bids with the aim of allocating public contracts, fixing prices, and eliminating effective competition.
The Agency invites all persons to submit any information that might be relevant to the decision-making process.
If certain information constitutes confidential information pursuant to Point 16 of Article 3(1) of the Prevention of Restriction of Competition Act (ZPOmK-2) - which defines confidential information as business secrets, personal data, and any other data subject to special protection regimes and access conditions under this Act or other regulations—please mark it as confidential and send it to the Agency’s address physically separate from other data, in a sealed envelope marked “ZAUPNI PODATKI” (CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION). Publicly available information is not considered confidential. Pursuant to Point 17 of Article 3(1) of ZPOmK-2, information and business correspondence relating to a company’s business activities, or other data worthy of protection, are considered business secrets if: they are known to a limited number of people; their disclosure would harm the person providing them or third parties; and the interests potentially affected by their disclosure are objectively worthy of protection. In accordance with Article 42(6) of ZPOmK-2, we request that you submit appropriate explanations regarding the grounds for protecting the information as a business secret and also provide us with a version of the document that does not contain confidential information. Pursuant to Article 41 of ZPOmK-2, the Agency must protect the identity of a person who is the source of a complaint or other information used by the Agency in the exercise of its powers, upon that person's request, if they demonstrate a likelihood that disclosure would cause them significant harm. In the event of a request for identity protection, you must also submit a version of the documents that does not contain information revealing the source.
The decision to initiate proceedings does not constitute a final decision by the Agency regarding the existence of an infringement.