Commission for Protection of Competition determined a measure of procedural penalty i.e. fine to the market participant, company “MB-Gas OIL”, Belgrade, in the amount of 12,000 euros for failure to act upon the Request of the Commission ordering provision of information dated February 26 of this year. Such Request obliged the mentioned company to submit data necessary for sector inquiry of the state of competition in the market of whole and retail sale of oil derivatives in the Republic of Serbia.

Given that the deadline for submission of the required data expired on March 7, 2016, and that this company did not contact the Commission with a request to extend the deadline for submission of data, or otherwise reported to Commission the reasons for its failure to act upon the Request of the Commission, the Council of the Commission issued a decision on determination of measure of procedural penalty. The amount of money of procedural penalty i.e. fine, is fixed at 500 euros for each day of non-compliance with the Request of the Commission.

Procedural penalty in the amount of 500 to 5,000 euros for each day of conduct contrary to the order of the Commission, or non-compliance with its order, is defined by the provisions of Article 70 of the Law on Protection of Competition. Company ”MB-Gas OIL” must pay stated amount within two months from the date of the decision, under the threat of forced execution. The amount of money of the measure of procedural penalty i.e. fine shall be paid to the account of budget of the Republic of Serbia.

In determining the amount of procedural penalty, i.e. fine, the Commission shall apply the criteria prescribed by the Law on Protection of Competition, Regulation on criteria for determining te amount to be paid on the basis of measure for protection of competition and procedural penalty, manner and deadlines for payment and conditions for determining these measures, as well as Guidelines for the implementation of that Regulation, that was passed by the Council of the Commission on May 19, 2011. The Law on Protection of Competition specifies that procedural penalty i.e. fine cannot be more than ten percent of the total amount of turnover calculated in the manner provided by the Law.