The Competition Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at its 38th session held on 29 December 2025 in Sarajevo, considered the following materials in the field of competition law and policy.

The concentration was permitted in the market for the sale of cars and light vehicles on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina resulting from the acquisition of control by the undertaking Farex d.o.o. Tešanj over the undertaking Hercegovina auto d.d. Mostar, pursuant to Article 12, paragraph (1), item b. under 1) of the Law on Competition.
Due to the failure to submit the Notification of the concentration within the deadline prescribed by the Law, a fine of 17,686.44 KM was imposed on the undertaking Farex.

The conclusion rejected the Notification of Intended Concentration of the undertaking Olvi Oyj, Finland, which relates to the purchase of a majority stake in the undertaking Banjalučka pivara d.o.o. Banja Luka, due to the absence of the obligation to notify, within the meaning of Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Law on Competition.

The joint Notification of Concentration of the undertakings CIAK Auto BH d.o.o. Banja Luka and SIM IMPEX d.o.o. Banja Luka was also rejected, due to the absence of a concentration within the meaning of Article 12, paragraph (1) of the Law on Competition.

An ex officio proceeding was initiated against the undertakings AVANT d.o.o. Zenica and Mido d.o.o. Zenica, in order to determine the existence of a prohibited agreement within the meaning of Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Law on Competition.

A proceeding was also initiated at the Request of the Government of the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, against the Group of Bidders consisting of: “Hrvatska pošta Mostar” doo Mostar, “JP BH Pošte” doo Sarajevo and “Preduzeće za poštanski saobraćaj Republike Srpske” a.d. Banja Luka, for abuse of dominant position within the meaning of Article 10, paragraph (2), items a), b), and d) of the Law on Competition.