29 German gas companies agreed with the Anti-Monopoly Service that consumers would pay 127 million euros (161 million dollars) in the settlement of cases of high prices for fuel.Companies whose names are not given, were suspected by local competition authorities for abuse of dominant position, said agency AFP. In exchange for ending the investigation Antimonopoly Service gas suppliers will have to reduce prices for end consumers, as well as to postpone raising rates for their services, transfers Reuters. In October, similar sanctions were applied to six distributors of gas, which belong to the leading German energy company E.On. On the gas market of Germany took the lead four companies – E. On, RWE, RnBW and Vattenfall, writes Lenta. ru.
