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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9477

27 July 2007
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Formal procedures against Electrabel and EDF

Brussels, 26/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to open two formal anti-trust proceedings, one against Electrabel, which is the incumbent electricity company in Belgium, and one against EDF, the incumbent electricity supplier in France, for possible breaches of the EC Treaty's rules on abuse of a dominant market position (Article 82). The Commission believes that Electrabel and EDF may have introduced long term exclusive purchase obligations in their supply...

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