The Competition Tribunal dismissed a lawsuit by Jaime Spencer e Hijo Ltda. against Compañía de Petróleos de Chile COPEC S.A. and its executive, Mr. Eduardo Bottinelli M., regarding alleged abuses of a dominant position, contained in certain clauses of several contracts signed by the parties. These contracts allegedly imposed abusive obligations to the plaintiff, who is a concessionary retail distributor of the defendant, COPEC.
The Tribunal analyzed the content of the contracts, and concluded that there was no proof in the process that could establish that the contractual conditions, in and of themselves, tended to prevent, restrict or hinder free competition.