The decision may be appealed in 15 days.
The court had also overruled the fine annulment claims filed by OMV Petrom Marketing and Hungary’s MOL, investigated in the same case.
In 2011, the antitrust authority fined OMV Petrom Marketing, OMV Petrom, Rompetrol Downstream, ENI Romania, MOL Romania Petroleum Products and Lukoil Romania 3% of their 2010 turnovers, amounting to a total of EUR200 million, a record for Romania and the only antitrust fine on the fuel market in the EU.
According to the authority, the six companies colluded to withdraw from the market the ECO Premium gasoline, which generated less than 20% of their sales and accounted for below 5% of their turnover. (EUR1=RON4.456)