Decision No. 135 – Case C 250-13 – Lawsuit by Eugenio Saavedra Guajardo and others against Sindicato de Trabajadores Independientes y Pescadores Artesanales de Pichilemu
The Competition Tribunal accepted a lawsuit by Mr. Eugenio Patricio Saavedra Guajardo, Ms. Tatiana del Tránsito Fuenzalida Cáceres, Ms. Ana María Vargas Acevedo and Mr. Héctor Enrique Navarro Arrieta against Sindicato de Trabajadores Independientes y Pescadores Artesanales de Pichilemu (Labor Union of Independent Workers and Artisan Fishermen of Pichilemu, the “Union”), and declared that the […]
Decision No. 134 – Case C 223-11 – Lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Empresa de Transportes Rurales Ltda. and others
The Competition Tribunal accepted a lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Empresa de Transportes Rurales Limitada (“Tur Bus”), Servicios Pullman Bus Costa Central S.A. (“Pullman Costa”), Transporte Cometa S.A. (“Transportes Cometa”) and Sociedad de Transportes y Turismo del Norte y Compañía Limitada (“Romani”), for infringing Article 3 of Decree Law N° 211 by […]
Decision No. 133 – Case C 224-11 – Lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Servicios Pullman Bus Costa Central S.A. and others
The Competition Tribunal accepted a lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Servicios Pullman Bus Costa Central (Pullman), Alejandro Cabello Reyes (RVC) and Atevil Mecánica Diesel (Atevil). The lawsuit accused these parties of coordinately adopting and implementing a series of acts and agreements, with the object of: (a) fix bus ticket prices to the […]
Decision No. 132 – Case C 242-12 – Lawsuit by Sonda S.A. against Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación
The Competition Tribunal partially accepted a lawsuit by Sonda S.A. (“Sonda”) against Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (“Registro Civil”), declaring that the latter infringed the first paragraph of article 3 of D.L. N° 211, by performing authority acts that restricted competition in tender N° 594-56-LP08, referred to the “System for identification, identity and travel […]
Decision No. 131 – Case C 241-12 – Lawsuit by Electrocenter Ltda. against Nokia Chile S.A.
The Competition Tribunal dismissed a lawsuit by Sociedad Comercial Electrocenter Ltda. (“Electrocenter”) against Nokia Chile S.A. (“Nokia Chile”), for alleged infractions to article 3 of D.L. 211, consisting of: (i) resale price fixing, (ii) imposition of abusive clauses in all business relations established by Nokia Chile in the country, (iii) termination of a distribution contract […]
Decision No. 130 – Case C 239-12 – Lawsuit by Beatriz Zuberman Comercializadora E.I.R.L. against One Smart Star Number Chile S.A.
The Competition Tribunal accepted a lawsuit by Beatriz Lea Zuberman Comercializadora E.I.R.L. (Isracon) against One Smart Star Number Chile S.A. (OSS), declaring that the latter infringed letter c) of article 3 of Decree Law M° 211, by acts of unfair competition with the objective of reaching a dominant, or even monopoly, position in the market […]
Decision No. 129 – Case C 210-10 – Lawsuit by AFEX Transferencias y Cambios S.A. and other against Banco de Chile
The Competition Tribunal dismissed a lawsuit by AFEX Transferencias y Cambios Ltda. And AFEX Agentes de Valores Ltda. (from now on, AFEX) against Banco de Chile, without costs. The lawsuit stated that the unilateral closure of 26 of AFEX’s banking accounts by Banco de Chile was against free competition. The decision stated that conditions to […]
Decision No. 128 – Case C 177-08 – Lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against ACHAP A.G. and others
The Competition Tribunal accepted partially the lawsuit by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office against Asociación Chilena de Agencias de Publicidad (ACHAP), its Executive President, seven of its directors and eleven of its associate advertising agencies, for having incurred in infractions to competition law, by a collective boycott against tender processes issued in 2008 by Metro […]
Decision No. 127 – Case C 238-12 – Lawsuit by Actigen Nova S.A. against Bioagro S.A.
The Competition Tribunal dismissed a lawsuit by Actigen Nova S.A. against Bioagro S.A. for alleged infractions to article 3 of Decree Law N° 211, consisting in preventing entry of new agents to the market of chitin and chitosan derived products for resistance induction in vegetables, for agricultural use, by non-compete clauses that were included in […]
Decision No. 126 – Case C 231-11 – Lawsuit by ACAM S.A. against Comercial e Industrial Silfa Ltda.
The Competition Tribunal stated that this lawsuit partially exceded the statute of limitations. Regarding the accusations that did not exceed them, the Tribunal dismissed the lawsuit by ACAM against Silfa, given that the alleged infractions were not proven in the proceeding, and there were no indicators that would have allowed to infer that Silfa’s conducts […]