Decision No. 80 – Case C 97-06 – Lawsuit by Reebok Chile S.A. against Reebok International Limited and other
The Competition Tribunal dismissed a lawsuit by Reebok Chile S.A. (RCH) against Reebok International Limited (RIL) and Adidas Chile Ltda. (Adidas), for alleged exclusionary and disloyal competition practices. The Tribunal considered that the defendants’ -who market Adidas products- conducts, consisting in threatening RCH’s clients with confiscation of products acquired to that company, configures disloyal competition, […]
Decision No. 79 – Case C 132-07 – Lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Asfaltos Moldeables de Chile S.A. and others
The Competition Tribunal dismissed a lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against MK Asfaltos Moldeables Chile S.A., Productos Bituminosos S.A. and Química Latinoamericana S.A., in which the defendants were accused of coordinating prices and other competition variables, with the object of boycotting a public tender, published in the Chilean public tender website www.chilecompra.cl. In […]
Decision No. 78 – Case C 111-06 – Lawsuit by GPS Chile S.A. against Entel PCS S.A.
The Competition Tribunal dismissed the lawsuit by GPS Chile against Enptel PCS, for alleged predatory practices, margin squeeze and cross-subsidies in the commercialization of vehicle positioning services, or AVL. In its ruling, the Tribunal dismissed GPS Chile’s predatory pricing accusation, because Entel PCS did not possess sufficient market power at the time of the alleged […]
Decision No. 77 – Case C 137-07 – Lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Ilustre Municipalidad de Curicó
The Competition Tribunal partially accepted the lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Ilustre Municipalidad de Curicó, declaring that the latter infringed Article 3 of the Decree Law 211 by establishing competition restricting clauses in a public tender for garbage and refuse collection, transport and disposal. Therefore, the defendant received a fine of 5 […]
Decision No. 76 – Case C 100-06 – Lawsuit by GTD Teleductos S.A. against EFE
The Competition Tribunal partially accepted a lawsuit by GTD Teleductos S.A. against Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE), declaring that the latter abused its dominant position, infringing Article 3 letter b) of Decree Law 211. The abuse consisted of arbitrary discrimination when determining prices of crossing the rail line, needed by the plaintiff in […]
Decision No. 75 – Case C 113-06 – Lawsuit by Atrex and others against SCL
The Competition Tribunal ruled in favor of Atrex and others, in a lawsuit against SCL, concessionary of the Airport of Santiago, Chile, for abuse of a dominant position and unjustified discrimination against courier companies who do business in the airport. These conducts can be summarized as follows: first, establishing a tariff for subconcessions of facilities […]
Decision No. 74 – Case C 121-06 – Lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against AM Patagonia S.A. and others
The Competition Tribunal ruled in favor of the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office, against 74 of 84 physicians of the city of Punta Arenas, who were accused of signing a price fixing agreement for the provision of different specialized medical services. With this objective, the physicians had formed a society, named “AM Patagonia S.A.” (Ampatagonia) and […]
Decision No. 73 – Case C 147-07 – Lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Empresa Eléctrica de Magallanes S.A.
The Competition Tribunal ruled in favor of the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office, against Empresa Eléctrica de Magallanes (EDELMAG), for abuse of a monopoly position in provision of electricity to final consumers in the city of Puerto Williams, XIIth Region, when it raised prices without justification. The ruling states that EDELMAG raised its prices above what […]
Decision No. 72 – Case C 125-07 – Lawsuit by CMET S.A.C.I. against Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A.
The Competition Tribunal dismissed a lawsuit for alleged predatory practices by CMET S.A.C.I. against Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A.. The plaintiff had to pay Tribunal costs. In its ruling, the Tribunal declared that the lawsuit was dismissed because no cost study or any other proof, in order to establish that Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de […]
Decision No. 71 – Case C 114-06 – Lawsuit by Pisquera Los Nichos against Compañía Pisquera de Chile
The Competition Tribunal ruled in favor of the jurisdictional plea presented by the defendant, stating in the ruling that it lacks competency over Industrial Property controversies in cases when there are no actions, acts or conventions that might threaten free competition.