The Competition Commission, as part of an ex officio investigation into ATTICA GROUP’s compliance with the commitments imposed by Decision no. 658/2018, unanimously decided that: the company ATTICA GROUP did not comply with the operative part of Decision no. 658/2018 with respect to:
a) condition B6 (a), concerning the fulfillment of the Kavala – Limnos route from October 2018 (specifically 8th October 2018) until the 9th June 2019, and
b) condition Β6 (b), concerning the fulfillment of the Santorini – Symi route from November 2019 (specifically 29th October 2018) until the week ending on Sunday the 17th March 2019.
The Competition Commission decided by majority that the total period of non-compliance amounted to 238 days regarding the non-fulfillment of the Kavala – Limnos route and 140 days regarding the non-fulfillment of the Santorini – Symi route. Having appraised ATTICA GROUP’s extent of non-compliance with the imposed commitments as well as the company’s honest desire to cooperate, the Competition Commission unanimously i) imposed a fine of twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and ninety-two (27,792) Euros for its non-compliance with the aforementioned commitment (B6), ii) ordered the company to cease its non-compliance with commitment B6 and iii) ordered ATTICA GROUP to extend the period of compliance with commitment B6 in accordance with the company’s own proposal. In particular, “The Company (ATTICA GROUP) agrees to comply with commitment B6 for an extra year following the completion of the three year period since the publication of the operative part of Decision no. 658/, and a) to increase its weekly route frequency to a remote island by one (1), providing there is no other route for that island operating at the moment by another ferry company, for a period of 34 weeks and b) to introduce a new route in Greece which is not currently offered by the ATTICA GROUP, HSW, or any other ferry company, for a period of 20 weeks.”