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Brussels inspects food delivery platforms by surprise for a possible cartel

BRUSELAS, 6 Jul.

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Brussels inspects food delivery platforms by surprise for a possible cartel

BRUSELAS, 6 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The European Commission has reported this Wednesday that it has carried out surprise inspections in the facilities of online platforms for the distribution of food, suspecting that they established illegal agreements to share the distribution market of these products in part of the EU.

Brussels has specified that the investigations have taken place in two different Member States and in cooperation with the national authorities, although it has avoided giving details of the affected companies or the countries where they are installed.

The surprise inspections are a preliminary step for the Community Executive to act on suspicions of anti-competitive practices and clarify the facts before deciding how to proceed with the investigation of the case, so the community services insist that this phase does not imply any decision regarding the guilt or not of the companies.

There is no predetermined deadline for the time available to the European Commission to complete its preliminary investigation in the event of practices that may contravene common competition rules.

According to European rules, companies that have participated in confidential cartels to agree on their activity in the market can obtain immunity to benefit from a reduction in the fine or get rid of it altogether if they collaborate with community services in their investigation.