Agreement to limit competition deemed invalid even without explicit intent to interfere with competition mechanisms.

The Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeals filed by two ship operators against the Competition and Consumer Protection Office's decision. The court found that a bidding agreement between the operators constituted a practice limiting competition because its outcome necessarily restricted market entry, regardless of the parties' subjective intent. Consequently, the court upheld the Office's finding that the agreement eliminated competition by preventing non-participants from accessing the river transport market.