Bulgaria investigates possible fixing of fuel prices
25/02/2016 13:47
SOFIA, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's anti-monopoly watchdog
has launched an investigation into the country's only oil
refinery and seven fuel retailers for possible cartel agreements
to fix prices of petrol and diesel fuels, it said on Wednesday.
The Commission for Protection of Competition said in a
statement it had started investigating the Bulgarian units of
Royal Dutch Shell RDSa.L , OMV OMVV.VI , Hellenic Petrolleum
HEPr.AT , Nis Petrol, Lukoil LKOH.MM , Rompetrol RORRC.BX and
Bulgarian Petrol 5PET.BB .
It has also launched a probe into Lukoil Neftochim Burgas
oil refinery for possible breaches of competition rules while
selling its fuels on the local market.
(Reporting by Tsvetelia Tsolova; Editing by Susan Fenton)
((tsvetelia.tsolova@thomsonreuters.com; +359-2-93-99-731;))
Keywords: BULGARIA FUELS/PROBE