Petrom Accused for Breach of Antritrust Rules

Central- & Eastern EuropeRomania ♦ Published: November 16, 2011; 13:37 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Romanian subsidiary of the Austrian OMV, Petrom, is confronted with alleged breach of antitrust regulations.

Petrom Accused for Breach of Antritrust Rules / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / DanielZanetti [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)]

OMV Petrom SA, the 51.01% subsidiary of the Austrian oil and gas group OMV, said it received a statement of objections from the Romanian Competition Council concerning an alleged breach of antitrust regulations with respect to the withdrawal of the retail product Eco Premium (unleaded gasoline pre-mixed with lead substitute) from the Romanian fuels market. The alleged breach concerns a…