Working regimes of competition authorities in western Balkan countries during COVID-19 outbreak

Western Balkans

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many countries have instituted extraordinary mandatory measures to prevent further spreading of COVID-19, such as restriction of movement and public gatherings, closure of bars, restaurants and similar public places, introduction of home-office regimes and limitation of working hours of some public services. To enable businesses to better prepare and organise around on-going competition matters, like merger filings, in the time of crisis, we have prepared a quick overview of the current working regimes of national competition authorities (NCAs) in the western Balkan countries.