Tag: fuel

Japan FTC Files Criminal Complaint Over Diesel Fuel Price-Fixing Cartel

The Japan Fair Trade Commission has taken an enforcement step in the…

German Cartel Office Targets Refinery Pricing as New Transparency Rules Take Effect

The German Federal Cartel Office has intensified its oversight of the petroleum…

Brazil’s Cade Targets Fuel Sector With Union Probe and Algorithmic Pricing Settlement

Brazil’s antitrust authority is intensifying scrutiny of the country’s fuel retail market…

Slovak Competition Watchdog Warns of Market Instability Following Fuel Price Controls

The Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic (PMÚ) has issued a formal…

Australian Demands Explanations from Fuel Retailers Over Price Spikes

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has intensified its oversight of…

Ampol’s Fuel Acquisition of EG Australia Referred to ACCC Phase 2

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that Ampol Retail…

Brazil Launch Operation to Investigate Alleged Fuel Cartel

The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) and the Public Prosecutor’s Office…

France Fines TotalEnergies, Rubis, and EG Retail €187.5M for Corsica Fuel Cartel

The French Competition Authority has imposed a total fine of €187.5 million…

Bulgarian Competition Commission Approves Two Fuel Market Transactions

The Bulgarian Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has approved two concentrations…

CMA’s Fuel Market Scrutiny: High Margins, Weak Competition?

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has once again turned the…

UK CMA Still Worried About Fuel Retail Margins—and It’s Not the First Time

Fuel retailers in the UK continue to enjoy elevated profit margins even…

German FCO Launches Investigation into Fuel Wholesale Market Disruptions

The German Federal Cartel Office has initiated its first investigation under the…