Competition for commercial services in Germany
An often underestimated risk for public authorities, licensing authorities and businesses.
published in: Nahverkehrspraxis 05/2008
Summary and recommended actions
The number of cases of competitions for commercial services has risen recently. As long as there is no new legislation, this trend is set to continue. For “attacking” companies, it is worthwhile using the time before the EU directive 1370/2007 comes into force, or until there is new German legislation, provided there are still competitions of the current nature. From the perspective of public authorities and transport companies with concessions, it is worth initially checking (…)