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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7775

9 August 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
EU initiated formal proceedings against Deutsche Post for abuse of dominant position

Brussels, 08/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - Following several complaints and a ruling from the Court of First instance having established that there were shortcomings on behalf of the European Commission, the Commission began a formal procedure for abuse of a dominant position against Deutsche Post AG ("DPAG"). The Commission sent a statement of objections to DPAG which has two months to present its defence. This procedure targets the pricing policy practised by DPAG in the mail-order business...