European Commission issues statement of objections in rail predatory pricing case
The European Commission has sent Czech rail incumbent České dráhy (CD), a statement of objections alleging breach of Article 102 of the TFEU by engaging in predatory pricing in the provision of rail passenger transport services.
The Commission maintains that in 2011 and 2012, two new rail companies started operating commercial trains on the Prague - Ostrava route in competition with CD.
The Commission alleges that CD began to offer its services at prices that did not cover its costs which had as its aim the restriction of competition.
The Commission alleges that between 2011 and 2019 CD engaged in predatory pricing on the Prague - Ostrava route.
The same operator has received attention from the Czech Office for the Protection of Competition which fined it EU 13.5 million in December 2017 for abuse of dominance by submitting a “disproportionately low” bid to the Ministry of Transport during a public procurement procedure.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_2017
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