annual report 2011 - Konkurentsiamet

CONTENTS
FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................. 1
ORGANISATION ........................................................................................................................ 3
Structure ........................................................................................................................................................ 3
Personnel and budget ................................................................................................................................. 4
EXTERNAL AND PUBLIC RELATIONS .............................................................................. 5
COMPETITION SUPERVISION IN 2011 ............................................................................. 7
Direction of waste by local governments ............................................................................................... 8
AS Levira earned inequitably large profit .............................................................................................. 9
Fines imposed on AS Eesti Post for abusing its dominant position in the market ................... 12
CONTROL OF CONCENTRATIONS ................................................................................... 15
Prohibition of the concentration of AS Eesti Post and AS Express Post .................................... 16
2011 IN THE AREAS OF ENERGY AND WATER REGULATION ............................. 19
Electricity market ..................................................................................................................................... 19
Competition Authority’s assessment of the condition of the security of electricity supply in
Estonia ...................................................................................................................................................... 22
Developments in the natural gas sector .............................................................................................. 25
Price regulation of heating undertakings ............................................................................................ 27
Heat procurement organisation ............................................................................................................. 28
Complaints of consumers and judicial practice .................................................................................. 29
Public water supply and sewerage system .......................................................................................... 30
Activation of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators .......................................... 33
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS MARKET IN
2011 ............................................................................................................................................... 36
Electronic communications sector ........................................................................................................ 36
Market analyses and supervision over the electronic communications sector ........................... 50
RAILWAY SERVICES .............................................................................................................. 52
POSTAL SERVICES .................................................................................................................. 54
Unreasonably encumbering costs ......................................................................................................... 54
Affordable fees ........................................................................................................................................... 55
Verification mailing .................................................................................................................................. 56
Supervision ................................................................................................................................................. 57
Postal network ........................................................................................................................................... 57
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