THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS COMPLIES WITH THE COMPETITION COUNCIL'S OBLIGATION TO AMEND THE RULES APPLICABLE TO RAIL FREIGHT CARRIERS
The Competition Council has determined that the Ministry of Transport and Communications has properly implemented its obligation and amended the priority rules for the allocation of capacity in the congested part of the public railway infrastructure in a way that does not contravene the requirements of the Law on Competition.
THE REGULATIONS OF THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS BECAME AN OBSTACLE TO OPENING UP THE RAILWAY TRANSPORT MARKET
The Competition Council has found that the rules adopted by the Minister of Transport and Communications in 2020, which give freight carriers access to congested railway lines, favour LTG Cargo , a company operating on the market, and discriminate against other companies providing the same services.
The Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba has found that the Lithuanian transport safety administration (LTSA) infringed the Law on Competition when it extended contracts with 42 regular road passenger transport service providers without a competitive procedure, thereby restricting competition and impeding the entry of new market...
The Competition Council concluded that Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) properly implemented the remedies concerned with the divestiture of business related to international carriers‘ compulsory motor vehicle third party liability (MTPL) insurance in Lithuania.
On 18 August the Competition Council (hereinafter – Council) cleared the acquisition of 100 per cent of BTA Baltic Insurance Company AAS (hereinafter – BTA ) shares by VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP AG (hereinafter – VIG ) on condition that VIG will sell the part of business of Compensa Vienna Insurance Group ,...