Press Release: Antitrust: Commission sends statement of objections to the Lithuanian railway incumbent AB Lietuvos geležinkeliai

The European Commission informed the Lithuanian railway incumbent AB Lietuvos geležinkeliai ("LG") in January 2015 that it suspected the company of having limited competition on the rail markets in Lithuania and Latvia by removing a railway track connecting the two countries. Such behaviour, if established, would breach EU antitrust rules that prohibit the abuse of dominant market positions. The removal of this track may have prevented customers from using the services of other rail operators for the transport of freight between Lithuania and Latvia. The sending of a statement of objections would not prejudge the outcome of the investigation.