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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7927

21 March 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Condemned for abuse of dominant position, Deutsche Post see itself forced to separate its parcel services from its letter monopoly

Brussels, 20/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission concluded the investigation opened against Deutsche Post AG (DPAG) by deciding that the German postal operator had abused its dominant position by granting fidelity discounts and by engaging in predatory pricing in the market for business parcel services (for details, see EUROPE of 5 October, p.11). Following this decision, DPAG saw itself inflicted with a fine of EUR 24 million and forced to create a separate company for these...

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