スペインの公正取引委員会:CNC;Comision Nacional de Competencia)は、スペインでの石油業界の燃油の値段が高いのは、構造的な企業組織の所為で、懲罰には当たらないと判断!?
En el mercado de carburantes
Competencia no detecta prácticas que justifiquen sancionar a las petroleras
La CNC achaca la falta de competencia a características estructurales del mercado
Reportaje: Carburantes desbocados
EP Madrid 24 OCT 2012 - 17:37 CET
In the fuel market
Competition does not detect practices that justify punishing oil companies
The CNC blames the lack of competition to market structural characteristics
Feature: Fuel runaway
Madrid EP 24 OCT 2012 - 17:37 CET
The National Competition Commission (CNC) ensures that, given the information available so far on the fuel distribution market, "there can not be concluded by the cartel operators to justify the initiation of disciplinary proceedings." The agency believes that the "structural features Spanish fuel market situations facilitate anti-competitive behavior is not necessarily derived from operators contrary to law."
Competition points so the response sent to Fenadismer to deny the request that this association of road freight carried him to open disciplinary proceedings against the oil companies for "alleged collusive practices that restrict competition."
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In its response, dated October 18 and had access to Europa Press, the agency headed by Joaquín García Quirós Bernaldo recalls that the fuel sector has been analyzed many times by the CNC, "that has issued several resolutions and industry reports, the latest being on 15 October. "
"The evidence contained in the various reports and the sources allow questioning the existence of effective competition in the market enough fuel in Spain," the CNC in its defense. At this point, Competition remember that when this situation arises from anti-competitive behavior, "the CNC has powers to sanction such conduct.
"However, as the CNC has indicated on previous occasions, the structural characteristics of the Spanish fuel market situations facilitate anti-competitive behavior is not necessarily derived from operators contrary to competition law," the agency, to proposes to remedy this situation "in the regulatory solutions."
No fines should be imposed
"In view of the information available to date, we can not conclude the existence of cartels by operators to justify the initiation of disciplinary proceedings, as requested, without prejudice to the future development of new information might pose initiation of action in this respect ", concludes the CNC.
For his part, Fenadismer considers it necessary, to "the current lack of competition in the fuel sector, disciplinary proceedings are taken against the oil companies with exemplary fines be deterred from continuing in such practices and the amount of which has account of their annual turnover. "
In a statement, the carrier reminds employers that the road transport sector is considered as the largest consumer of fuel in Spain, with 41% of the total. In addition, fuel costs represented 40% of total operating costs of these companies. "Therefore, the change in price has a special impact on these companies," he recalls.
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