Bulgaria's Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has opened proceedings against another major retail chain and is examining eight suspected cartel agreements, while also investigating unfair trading practices and misleading claims about the Bulgarian origin of goods, CPC representative Zhelyu Boychev said on BNT. The regulator is also scrutinizing the growing use of retailers' private-label brands and continues to monitor the fuel market, Boychev said.

The Commission for Consumer Protection (CCP) has referred another retail chain to the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) over differences of more than 10% in the markups applied to comparable food products in the same category, following the record €75.6 million fine imposed on Kaufland.