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. Commenting on the sanctions imposed on one of the country's major retail chains and the public reaction that followed, he stressed that the Commission's decisions were based on its statutory responsibilities rather than media or social media commentary. ...