On April 24, 2013, following a complaint submitted to the Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC) by TAKARGO - Transporte de Valores, S.A. (TAKARGO) for an alleged abuse of dominant position by CP CARGA - Logística and Transportes Ferroviários de Mercadorias, S.A. (CP CARGA), based on the predatory pricing of contained rail freight in the Sines - Entroncamento corridor, where CP CARGA allegedly practiced prices below average variable costs and below the total average costsThe routes Lisbon - Elvas and Lisbon – Leixões were also mentioned. According to the complainant, the prices charged on these routes would be much lower than the total average costs.
The AdC concluded that CP CARGA did not practice prices below the average costs in container rail transport on the Sines – Bobadela; Sines – Entroncamento; Lisbon - Leixões and Lisbon – Elvas routes, between 2010 and 2013 and there was no evidence of predatory pricing.
The AdC considered then that it could not be concluded that there was an abuse of a dominant position and concluded the case with a filing decision on December 3, 2014.