Italy's antitrust accepts post office commitments to end liberalisation probe
Italy’s antitrust authority said it has decided to accept commitments made by Poste Italiane SpA to settle an investigation into the post office’s market position in liberalised services.
Last August, the authority launched the probe after a series of complaints from private postal operators and from TNT Post Italia SpA.
Today, the authority said the post office commitments should remove the anti-competitive issues raised by the state company’s conduct.
The commitments proposed by the post office have been strengthened as a result of ‘market testing’ with rivals, it said.
The commitments include a tender for concessions to collect and deliver post in 70 different urban areas with an overall value of 168 mln eur over three years, it said.
Italy’s antitrust authority said it has decided to accept commitments made by Poste Italiane SpA to settle an investigation into the post office’s market position in liberalised services.
Last August, the authority launched the probe after a series of complaints from private postal operators and from TNT Post Italia SpA.
Today, the authority said the post office commitments should remove the anti-competitive issues raised by the state company’s conduct.
The commitments proposed by the post office have been strengthened as a result of ‘market testing’ with rivals, it said.
The commitments include a tender for concessions to collect and deliver post in 70 different urban areas with an overall value of 168 mln eur over three years, it said.
