The Supreme Court of Justice maintained the decisions of Competition Council as to anticompetitive practices of ĂœApă-Canal Chișinău SA.
It has to be mentioned that the Competition Councilof the Republic of Moldova qualified as abuse of dominant position the actions of ĂœApă canal Chișinău SA of refusing to conclude individual contracts with the consumers on providing delivery services of water and wastewater discharge as well te refusal to install water meters to the consumers on the account of the undertaking.
In February 2011, the Competition Councilprescribed ĂœApă-Canal Chișinău SA to ensure the execution of provision of the Law on consumers protection, by which Ăœthe provider is obliged, while providing services, to use own mearusing means, appropriate, legalized, metrologically verified, in the way established, in compliance with the prescribed requirements , and Ăœthe seller is obliged to measure the products offered to consumers with own measuring means appropriate, legalized, metrologically verified, in the way establishedĂœ.
Therefore, the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice as of 12 March current year, consented the obligations of ĂœApă-Canal Chișinău SA towards consumers.
We underline that the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice for this case is final and irrevocable.
Competition Council, 13 March 2014