Gulf of Naples, Strait of Messina and Sardinia Ferry Fares: The Italian Competition Authority to target ferry cartels or the hot summer of Italian ferry operators
Gulf of Naples, Strait of Messina and Sardinia Ferry Fares: The Italian Competition Authority to target ferry cartels or the hot summer of Italian ferry operators Apart from the difficult economic conditions affecting the 2013 Summer season, the Italian ferry operators have also to cope with the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) cartel enforcement activities of Italian Competition Authority (ICA). In the space of a few weeks the ICA opened two Article 102 TFEU proceedings in the Gulf of Naples (Autorità Garante del Mercato e della Concorrenza, decision n. 24357 of 30 May 2013, Case I689C , Organizzazione Servizi Marittimi nel Golfo di Napoli http://www.agcm.it/trasp-statistiche/doc_download/3765-24-13.html and Strait of Messina ( (Autorità Garante del Mercato e della Concorrenza, decision n. 24427 of 26 June 2013, Case I763, Servizi di Cabotoggio Marittimo Stretto diMessina ) cases on market sharing and price coordination agreements and it found out a price-fixing cartel be