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the EU commission inflicts endorsements for beyond 49 million euros to the railway societies Express Interfracht and Schenker
They are recognized guilty to have place in existence a trust in the market of the services with train block
July 15, 2015
The EU commission has comminato endorsements for beyond 49 million euros to the railway societies Express Interfracht of the Austrian group Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) and Schenker of the German group Deutsche Bahn (DB) in order having place in existence a trust in the market of the services with train block in violation of the norms antitrust of the EU.
Brussels has specified that also the logistic group Helvetic Kühne + Nagel has taken part to the trust, but is not hit by endorsements as the immunity is granted to it in order to have revealed the existence of the trust. Moreover to Express Interfracht and Schenker a reduction of the fines is granted in order to have cooperated to the investigations, that they have carried to half 2013 to the execution of inspections to surprise by civil employees of the EU commission ( on 19 June 2013).
The amount of the endorsements also is ulteriorly diminished of 10% in consideration of the fact that the societies have decided to reach an agreement. Altogether to Express Interfracht, than now it has assumed the Rail denomination Logistics Cargo, is inflicted an endorsement almost 17,4 million euros and to Schenker almost 31,8 million euros.
The Commission has explained that the two railway societies and the logistic group have agreed the rates and the partition of customers relatively to their services Balkantrain, that connects western and central Europe with Southeastern Europe, and Soptrain, that it connects central Europe with Rumania, and this for a period almost eight years (from July 2004 to june 2012).
"I consider that he is absolutely amazing - has declared Margrethe Vestager, European commissioner to the Competition - than a project in order to improve the efficiency of the transports and in order to promote a transport activity goods to low environmental impact it has led in a trust. The European Union - it has emphasized - needs markets of rail shipment of the goods that work in effective way on the base of a effective competition, and that they are not forged by interests of part to the detriment of the customers".
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The EU commission has comminato endorsements for beyond 49 million euros to the railway societies Express Interfracht of the Austrian group Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) and Schenker of the German group Deutsche Bahn (DB) in order having place in existence a trust in the market of the services with train block in violation of the norms antitrust of the EU.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
