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.
On 23 July, the Competition Council cleared acquisition of 50 per cent of Banga plius shares by CATUS . The latter company together with Esama gained joint control of Banga plius .