BRUSSELS, April 28 (Reuters) – The European Commission announced on Friday the opening of an investigation to determine whether Renfe, the Spanish rail operator, has abused its position in the online train ticketing market.
The European Commission has expressed its concern about the possibility that Renfe has restricted competition in the Spanish market by refusing to provide all its content and data in real time to competing ticket sales platforms.
“The Commission is concerned that Renfe’s alleged refusal to supply this content and data in real time could prevent the platforms from competing with Renfe’s own direct digital channels to the detriment of consumers,” the EU Commission said in a statement. release.
(Reporting by Marine Strauss; editing in Spanish by Benjamín Mejías Valencia)
