Commission for Protection of Competition (KZK) are carrying out on Tuesday sudden inspections at the premises of Petrol and NIS Petrol, two of the fuelretailers suspected of being part of a cartel agreement.
The inspections are part of the investigation into alleged cartel agreement between seven fuelretailers and Lukoil Neftochim oil refinery in Burgas
KZK launched the investigation in February after conducting its latest sector analysis of the fuel market which gave it grounds to investigate suspected abuse of dominant market position.
The analysis established that although retailers do not supply their petrol stations with fuelproduced at the refinery in Burgas, their price policy is identical to that of petrolstations run by Lukoil.
Apart from Petrol and NIS Petrol, the other five retailers subject to investigation are OMV Bulgaria,Shell Bulgariaand Eko Bulgaria, Lukoil Bulgariaand Rompetrol Bulgaria.
This is the latest round of inspections, with KZK having previously inspected the remaining five retailers and the Bulgarian Petroleum and Gas Association.
During the inspections, KZKhas the right to seize all document and other material evidence as well as means for the dissemination of data.
(novinite.com)
