Watchdog temporarily seizes Mercator shares from Agrokor

Ljubljana, 18 December - The Competition Protection Agency (AVK) has temporarily seized 70% of Mercator shares from its owner, Croatian group Agrokor. The move is to ensure that Agrokor pay a EUR 53.9 million fine the agency imposed in September after Agrokor failed to notify it of its 2016 takeover of Slovenian bottled water company Costella.