ACCORDI PER LA FORNITURA DI CARBURANTI
PRESS RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE
The deadline for completing the investigation into the fuel distribution market has been extended
At the request of Agip, Esso, Erg, Shell, Kuwait, Total, Fina, Tamoil and Unione Petrolifera, the Competition Authority decided at its meeting on 13 April to extend the deadline for completing the investigation that its initiated on 7 October 1999 into those companies and Unione Petrolifera and various fuel distribution proprietors' associations, from 11 May to 8 June 2000. The purpose of the investigation is to ascertain whether they have concluded anti-competitive agreements.
The request for the extension was granted in order to enable the Parties to prepare their defences more thoroughly.
Rome, 19 April 2000