(Alliance Information) – On Monday, the Antitrust Authority, with the assistance of the Particular Antitrust Unit of the Guardia di Finanza, carried out inspections on the headquarters of Eni Spa, Esso Italiana Srl, Italiana Petroli Spa, Kuwait Petroleum Italia Spa and Tamoil Italia Spa.
The proceedings had been additionally initiated on the premise of the documentation promptly offered by the Guardia di Finanza relating to the violations ascertained on the gasoline costs charged by greater than 1,000 gasoline pumps – of which, below the Eni model are 376, below the Esso model 40, IP 383, Kuwait 175 and Tamoil 48 – distributed all through the nation.
The irregularities discovered concern the appliance on the pump of a worth completely different from the marketed one in addition to the failure to speak gasoline costs.
The Antitrust Authority initiated the investigations as a result of the documentation and knowledge forwarded by the GdF would level to conduct on the a part of oil firms attributable to an absence of diligence on controls with respect to the distributor community, in violation of Article 20 of the Shopper Code.
In quite a few circumstances, it was discovered that there was a discrepancy between the marketed worth and the upper worth truly utilized; in others, it was discovered that the worth charged was not displayed, i.e., that there was no communication to the “Osservaprezzi Carburanti” portal, which is helpful for customers to search out the pump with the bottom worth.
Specifically, Eni, Esso, IP, Kuwait Petroleum Italia and Tamoil allegedly did not take applicable measures or initiatives to forestall and counter these unlawful conducts to the detriment of customers.
Eni’s inventory is down 0.3 p.c at EUR14.38 per share.
By Giuseppe Fabio Ciccomascolo, Alliance Information senior reporter
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