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YPF must pay $3.7 mn to rival gas distributor in Argentina

Tue. October 06, 2009; Posted: 03:51 PM
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Buenos Aires, Oct 6, 2009 (EFE via COMTEX) -- REP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Spain's Repsol YPF and its Argentine affiliate were ordered to pay 13 million pesos ($3.7 million) to the Auto-o-Gas group for "abuse of dominant position" in the liquefied petroleum gas market, company sources told Efe on Tuesday.

They said the firm will appeal the verdict in favor of the competitor of YPF and Repsol YPF Gas in the Argentine domestic market.

The ruling came in a case filed by Auto-o-Gas claiming that "abusive trading conditions" for LPG had been established in a 1994 contract.

The ruling means that Repsol YPF Gas and YPF will have to pay a fine that, with interest, could exceed 50 million pesos ($14 million) for "abuse of their dominant position and other anti-competitive behavior," judicial sources quoted in the press said.

Repsol YPF Gas sells the LPG that YPF produces to households and businesses.

The verdict noted that YPF exported LPG at $100 per ton while selling the fuel in Argentina for $400 per ton.

This type of activity falls into the category of "the actions of a company that enjoys a dominant position in the domestic market" and that abused that position "to restrict the growth of domestic supply," keeping prices high for Argentine customers, the sources said. EFE

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