KLAIPĖDA CITY MUNICIPALITY SUSPECTED OF ANTICOMPETITIVE CONDUCT

Competition Council sent a Statement of Objections to Klaipėda City Municipality (further – the Municipality) suspected of anticompetitive conduct. According to the Council, the Municipality‘s decision to authorise Audresta, Aštuoniukė, Devintoji banga, Aisčiai and Dešimtas maršrutas (further – the Companies) to provide shared taxi services without a competitive procedure breached Article 4 of the Law on Competition.

The Council‘s Statement of Objections suggested that in 2012 the Municipality authorised the Companies to provide shared taxi services on routes no. 6, 8, 9, 10 without a competitive procedure. Hence, the Municipality discriminated against other companies willing to provide the aforementioned services.

The Council suggested the Municipality to repeal the agreements within 3 months after the Council’s decision is published on the authority’s website.