Decision No. 90 – Case C 165-08 – Lawsuit by National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Compañía Chilena de Fósforos S.A.
The Competition Tribunal accepted partially the lawsuits by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office and Comercial Canadá Chemicals S.A. against Compañía Chilena de Fósforos S.A., and sentenced the latter to pay a fine of 1,200 Annual Tributary Units (about US$ 1.02 million). In its decision, the Tribunal determined that Compañía Chilena de Fósforos established artificial barriers […]
Decision No. 89 – Case C 171-08 – Lawsuit by Revista Punto Final against the Ministry of Finance and others
The Competition Tribunal dismissed the lawsuit by Sociedad Editora, Impresora y Distribuidora de Publicaciones y Videos Punto Final S.A. against the Ministries of Finance, Justice and Planning and Cooperation, based on actions allegedly against the Competition Act. These actions consisted of an unjustified concentration of the defendants’ announcements in written press, on two large newspaper […]
Decision No. 88 – Case C 126-07 – Lawsuit by OPS Ingeniería Ltda. and others against Telefónica Móviles de Chile S.A.
The Competition Tribunal ruled in favor of OPS Ingeniería Ltda., ETCOM S.A., Interlink Global Chile Ltda. and Sistek Ltda., in lawsuits against Telefónica Móviles de Chile S.A. (TMCH), sentencing the latter to pay a fine of 3,000 Annual Tributary units (around US$ 2.8 million). In its ruling, the Tribunal determined that TMCH incurred in arbitrary […]
Decision No. 87 – Case C 157-08 – Lawsuit by Mr. Gustavo Hasbún Selume against Copec S.A. and others
The Competition Tribunal dismissed the lawsuit by Mr. Gustavo Hasbún Selume against Copec, Esso and Shell, for collusion in the determination of gasoline prices. This decision was reached because of lack of evidence to establish the existence of the illicit act, given that Mr. Hasbún did not present any evidence to support his accusation. In […]
Decision No. 86 – Case C 180-08 – Lawsuit by Ganadera Río Baker Ltda. and Ganadera Río Neff Ltda. against Centrales Hidroeléctricas de Aysén S.A.
The Competition Tribunal partially accepted the lawsuit by Ganadera Río Baker Limitada and Ganadera Río Neff Limitada, declaring that Centrales Hidroeléctricas de Aysén S.A. (HidroAysén) infringed the prohibition contained in the Tribunal’s Resolution 22/2007 that imposes it the obligation to consult any request or acquisition of water rights in the basins of Palena and Aysén […]
Decision No. 85 – Case C 79-05 – Lawsuit by Constructora e Inmobiliaria Independencia Ltda. against Aguas Nuevo Sur Maule S.A.
The Competition Tribunal ruled in favor of Constructora e Inmobiliaria Independencia, against the sanitary services company Aguas Nuevo Sur Maule S.A. (ANSM). The latter had been accused of establishing arbitrarily discriminatory charges when providing water treatment and sewage services to housing projects in rural areas of the VIIth Region. The Tribunal sentenced the latter to […]
Decision No. 84 – Case C 175-08 – Lawsuit by Bayer healthcare LLC against Laboratorio Maver Ltda. and other
The Competition Tribunal dismissed the lawsuit by Bayer HealthCare LLC against Laboratorio Maver Ltda. and its representative, Mr. Alberto Albala Weissman, for alleged disloyal competition actions that would have consisted in an alleged abuse of legal actions, destined to prevent the entry of the TABCIN line of products to the national market. The Competition Tribunal […]
Decision No. 83 – Case C 155-08 – Lawsuit by Telmex Servicios Empresariales S.A. against Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A.
The Competition Tribunal dismissed the lawsuit by Telmex Servicios Empresariales S.A. (Telmex) against Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A. (Telefónica CTC), for alleged disloyal competition actions. The alleged actions included an eventual systematic abuse of administrative and legal procedures by the defendant, with the objective of overturning Telmex’s allocation of a national concession for providing […]
Decision No. 82 – Case C 140-07 – Lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Asociación Gremial de Buses Interbus and others
The Competition Tribunal ruled in favor of the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office, in a lawsuit against Asociación Gremial de Buses Interbus, sentencing the latter to a fine of 60 Annual Tributary Units (around US$ 46,000), for having engaged in collusive practices with the object and effect of excluding a competitor from the relevant market. In […]
Decision No. 81 – Case C 148-07 – Lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Junta de Aeronáutica Civil
The Competition Tribunal ruled in favor of the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office, in a lawsuit against Junta de Aeronáutica Civil (JAC), and ordered the modification of the Bases of the latter’s Tendering Process that assigned seven restricted, direct air frequencies between the cities of Santiago and Lima. This, with the objective of facilitating the entrance […]