31/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - Germany: inspections at Deutsche Bahn headquarters. The European Commission confirmed on Thursday 31 March that unannounced inspections were carried out by Commission officials at the premises of Deutsche Bahn AG and some of its subsidiaries on 29 March. These inspections were to check whether allegations of abuse of a dominant position contained in a complaint lodged against the company had any foundation. It is claimed that subsidiary Deutsche Bahn Energie, the de facto sole supplier of electricity for traction trains in Germany, gave preferential treatment to the group's rail freight arm. The inspections, the Commission points out, do not mean that the Deutsche Bahn is guilty of the alleged offences. (F.G./transl.rt)