The refining, wholesale and retail of petrol (gasoline) and diesel.

Decision, pursuant to Article 39 (5) of Law 3959/2011, as in force, on the case concerning the obstruction of a dawn raid, conducted by the Directorate-General for Competition in the context of its ex officio investigation into the wider petroleum product market, by the company under the name MOTOR OIL (HELLAS) CORINTH REFINERIES S.A. and a natural person.

Article 39 of Law 3959/2011

Operative part of the Decision

The Hellenic Competition Commission, in plenary sitting, unanimously decided, by open vote, as follows:

A. Unanimously finds, according to the grounds of the decision, that the company under the name “MOTOR OIL (HELLAS), CORINTH REFINERIES S.A.” infringed Article 39 (5) of Law 3959/2011;

B. Unanimously imposes, according to the grounds of the decision, a fine totaling nine million two thousand euros (EUR (9,200,000.00) on “MOTOR OIL (HELLAS), CORINTH REFINERIES S.A.”;

C. Unanimously finds, according to the grounds of the decision, that the natural person named I.V. infringed Article 39 (5) of Law 3959/2011;

D. Imposes, by majority, according to the grounds of the decision, a fine totaling fifty thousand euros (EUR (50,000.00) on the natural person named I.V.

1. “MOTOR OIL (HELLAS), CORINTH REFINERIES S.A.”

2. A natural person

The Hellenic Competition Commission (HCC), in plenary sitting, by its Decision no 835/2023, adopted following the relevant Statement of Objections by the Commissioner-Rapporteur, Panagiotis Fotis, on a possible infringement of Article 39 (5) of Law 3959/2011 by the company under the name MOTOR OIL (HELLAS), CORINTH REFINERIES S.A. and the distinctive title “MOTOR OIL”, as well as by a natural person named I.V., consisting in the obstruction of the on-site inspection (dawn raid) conducted in the context of an ex officio investigation carried out by the Directorate-General for Competition (DGC) into the refining, wholesale and retail trade of petrol (gasoline) and diesel, unanimously found that MOTOR OIL and the aforementioned natural person infringed the above Article of the Greek Competition Act.