Decision No. 140 – Case C 245-12 – Lawsuit by Condominio Campomar against Inmobiliaria Santa Rosa de Tunquén Ltda.
The Competition Tribunal dismissed a lawsuit by Condominio Campomar (“the Community”) against Inmobiliaria Santa Rosa de Tunquén Limitada. Even though it was proven that the latter has significant market power in the market of collection and treatment of drinking water and its distribution within the Community, the existence of insurmountable barriers to entry in this […]
Decision No. 139 – Case C 236-11 – Lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Agrícola Agrosuper S.A. and others
In a unanimous decision, the Competition Tribunal accepted a lawsuit presented in November 2011 by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Agrosuper S.A. (Agrosuper), Empresas Ariztía S.A. (Ariztía), Agrícola Don Pollo Limitada (Don Pollo) and the Association of Poultry Producers of Chile (APA). The decision stated that Agrosuper, Ariztía and Don Pollo, via APA, agreed […]
Decision No. 138 – Case C 256-13 – Lawsuit by Ramírez y Compañía Limitada against Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones
The Competition Tribunal dismissed a lawsuit by Ramírez y Compañía Limitada against the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications (“MTT”); the Tribunal stated that neither the creation of barriers to entry nor the collusive risks accused by the plaintiff were demonstrated, and that it is not possible to formulate objections to the allocation criteria used by […]
Decision No. 137 – Case C 248-13 – Lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Casther and others
The Competition Tribunal accepted a lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against E. Alonso Castillo H. Compañía Limitada, Mr. Cristián Valdés Cabrera and Empresa de Transporte Caldera Sociedad Anónima, declaring that these companies colluded to raise ticket prices in rural transportation services in the Copiapó-Caldera route in the months of April and May 2011, […]
Decision No. 136 – Case C 234-11 – Lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Servicios Pullman Bus Costa Central S.A. and others
The Competition Tribunal partially accepted a lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Servicios Pullman Bus Costa Central (“Pullman”), Autobuses Melipilla Santiago A.G.P. (“Bahía Azul”), Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Bupesa S.A. (“Bupesa”) and Empresa Buses Andrade Limitada (“Andrade”). The National Economic Prosecutor’s Office accused these companies of celebrating and executing agreements to raise […]
Decision No. 135 – Case C 250-13 – Lawsuit by Eugenio Saavedra Guajardo and others against Sindicato de Trabajadores Independientes y Pescadores Artesanales de Pichilemu
The Competition Tribunal accepted a lawsuit by Mr. Eugenio Patricio Saavedra Guajardo, Ms. Tatiana del Tránsito Fuenzalida Cáceres, Ms. Ana María Vargas Acevedo and Mr. Héctor Enrique Navarro Arrieta against Sindicato de Trabajadores Independientes y Pescadores Artesanales de Pichilemu (Labor Union of Independent Workers and Artisan Fishermen of Pichilemu, the “Union”), and declared that the […]
Decision No. 134 – Case C 223-11 – Lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Empresa de Transportes Rurales Ltda. and others
The Competition Tribunal accepted a lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Empresa de Transportes Rurales Limitada (“Tur Bus”), Servicios Pullman Bus Costa Central S.A. (“Pullman Costa”), Transporte Cometa S.A. (“Transportes Cometa”) and Sociedad de Transportes y Turismo del Norte y Compañía Limitada (“Romani”), for infringing Article 3 of Decree Law N° 211 by […]
Decision No. 133 – Case C 224-11 – Lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Servicios Pullman Bus Costa Central S.A. and others
The Competition Tribunal accepted a lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Servicios Pullman Bus Costa Central (Pullman), Alejandro Cabello Reyes (RVC) and Atevil Mecánica Diesel (Atevil). The lawsuit accused these parties of coordinately adopting and implementing a series of acts and agreements, with the object of: (a) fix bus ticket prices to the […]
Decision No. 132 – Case C 242-12 – Lawsuit by Sonda S.A. against Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación
The Competition Tribunal partially accepted a lawsuit by Sonda S.A. (“Sonda”) against Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (“Registro Civil”), declaring that the latter infringed the first paragraph of article 3 of D.L. N° 211, by performing authority acts that restricted competition in tender N° 594-56-LP08, referred to the “System for identification, identity and travel […]
Decision No. 131 – Case C 241-12 – Lawsuit by Electrocenter Ltda. against Nokia Chile S.A.
The Competition Tribunal dismissed a lawsuit by Sociedad Comercial Electrocenter Ltda. (“Electrocenter”) against Nokia Chile S.A. (“Nokia Chile”), for alleged infractions to article 3 of D.L. 211, consisting of: (i) resale price fixing, (ii) imposition of abusive clauses in all business relations established by Nokia Chile in the country, (iii) termination of a distribution contract […]