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ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION: AMO SR decided to impose a fine of almost EUR 1,2 million for the abuse of dominant position in the area of industrial park management and energy production and supply
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AMO SR issued a decision, by which it imposed a fine in the amount of EUR 1 181 849 on an undertaking operating in the area of industrial park management and energy production and supply for the abuse of dominant position.
On 29 September 2021 the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic, the Division of Abuse of Dominant Position and Vertical Agreements, (hereafter "the Office”) issued a decision, by which it imposed a fine in the amount of EUR 1 181 849 on an undertaking operating in the area of industrial park management and energy production and supply for the abuse of dominant position.
The Office´s findings showed that the undertaking in dominant position has been obliging companies carrying out business activities in the industrial park to take energy and media from him since 2017, and at the same time preventing them from producing energy and media themselves or take them from the third parties.
The conduct in question was assessed by the Office as the practice of applying disproportionate business conditions in accordance with the Article 5 Paragraph 3 Letter a) of the Act on Protection of Competition and the Article 102 Letter a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
The decision has not yet come into force.
The Office´s findings showed that the undertaking in dominant position has been obliging companies carrying out business activities in the industrial park to take energy and media from him since 2017, and at the same time preventing them from producing energy and media themselves or take them from the third parties.
The conduct in question was assessed by the Office as the practice of applying disproportionate business conditions in accordance with the Article 5 Paragraph 3 Letter a) of the Act on Protection of Competition and the Article 102 Letter a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
The decision has not yet come into force.