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Friday, 20 December 2019

Press Release – Examination of the complaint filed by the company “AGNI” against “COCA-COLA”

Subject: Hearing with regard to the ref. no. 5540/17.9.2015 complaint filed by the company “AGNI FOODS LIMITED” against the company “COCA-COLA 3E HELLAS S.A.”

The Plenary Session of the Hellenic Competition Commission (HCC) will meet on January 30th, 2020 to examine, following the Statement of Objections (SO) of the General Directorate of Competition, whether there is an infringement of Article 2 of Law 3959/2011, as well as Article 102 TFEU, with regard to the complaint submitted by the company “AGNI FOODS LIMITED” (“AGNI”) against the company “COCA COLA TRIA EPSILON INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL S.A.” (“COCA-COLA”).

The Statement of Objections suggests that the complaint (under ref. no. 5540/17.9.2015) submitted by the company “AGNI” against the company “COCA COLA” for possible infringement of Article 2 of Law 3959/2011, should be rejected, as being unfounded and not supported by evidence, given that no evidence of the alleged practices emerged from the case file and the Authority’s assessment.

It is noted that the SO proposal is not binding for the HCC, which will decide taking into account the facts of the investigation and the views of the parties involved.