The Competition Authority started investigating the fuel marking company
for violating market competition. The chairwoman of this institution,
Lindita Lati, asid for Top Channel that the competition inspectors have
are collecting evidence on terrain.
“The Competition Authority, in its effort to defend the competition law, in this moment sees that we have a case of abuse with the dominative position, which is refusing to serve. The competition inspectors are on terrain to collect facts and evidence to shed light on what has happened with the demand and offer”, Lati said.
Besides the abuse with the monopoly, the authorities will investigate the shares that were sold a few months ago by GFI to Petroleum Consulting Partners. Lindita Lati says that the law forces companies to notify the authorities before selling the shares, and they haven’t done that.
“If 7 billion ALL are declared as annual turnover, they have to notify us before selling shares, for an authorization. Otherwise, the transaction is invalid. We haven’t been informed about this transaction”, says the Director of the Competition Authority.
The fuel marking concession has been even before under the watch of the competition authority, as a problematic agreement.
The competition law obliges the government or ministries to give concessions that before signing the agreement should ask the opinion of the authority, but this obligation has been violated in many cases.
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