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Case reference
EPR/2009/4
Title
Report on the Liquid Fuel and Bottled Gas Sectors in Portugal
Sector
  • Energy and Fuels
Activity (NACE)
  • G - Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Case origin
Ex-officio
Competition impact assessment?
Yes
Cooperation with sector regulators
  • ERSE - Regulatory Authority for Energy Services
Status
Closed
Summary of the case
This report develops an analysis of the markets for liquid fuels and bottled gas, including aspects of a structural and regulatory nature. In particular, the analysis identifies constraints in terms of access to logistics infrastructures that limit the import capacity of market operators. The AdC issued a set of recommendations of a structural nature in order to ensure non-discriminatory conditions for access to infrastructures. The AdC also recommended measures to promote competition at the retail level, namely measures to simplify the licensing procedures of fuel stations and to promote the switching of operators in the allocation of new concessions for fuel stations in highways or renewing the concessions already allocated.
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