2024-06-27 22:41:40
The Minister of Transport despatched a letter to the Fee and requested nearer cooperation for Coastal Transport
Transport Minister Christos Stylianidis despatched a letter to the Competitors Fee for Coastal Transport yesterday, confirming a associated report by ot.gr wherein he requests “nearer cooperation” in order that “so that there’s a quicker and simpler response to incidents of abusive habits out there, on behalf of coastal delivery corporations”.
Abuse of a dominant place in coastal delivery
The letter focuses on the problem of the abuse of a dominant place by a cruise firm as on the whole the market of cruise corporations has been liberalized for essentially the most half, by ministerial determination for the reason that mid-2000s.
Nevertheless, for now the Ministry just isn’t continuing with such a request, though info signifies that the Competitors Fee is knowledgeable of circumstances of utmost modifications in ticket costs, primarily high-speed flights, in circumstances the place just one firm is current on the precise line.
Within the letter which has the topic of “creating mutual cooperation on ticket fare points” after invoking the related laws on fares in coastal delivery, he factors out that “our Ministry is making each effort to guard the pursuits of customers/passengers in maritime transport, the discount of fare costs and the development of the standard of the providers offered, with the resultant enlargement of selections for customers/passengers and the rise of their buying energy. Following the above, we want a more in-depth cooperation between our providers so that there’s a quicker and simpler response to any incidents of abusive habits out there, on the a part of coastal delivery corporations”.
Barrage of checks
Previous to the letter the Ministry of Transport has already proceeded and remains to be doing so in audits to find out whether or not the laws that gives for the Ministry to learn of the invoice of lading three days earlier than its implementation by the delivery firm is being adopted.
He already introduced that within the interval from 07/06/2024 to 16/06/2024, 377 checks have been carried out on E/G and E/G-O/G ships of the coastal delivery business and 7 (7) violations have been confirmed for failure to tell the competent Authority relating to modifications in ticket costs (Article 44 pr. 13 of Regulation 4948/2022. On the similar time, the method of imposing administrative sanctions and the prescribed fines started. 100 euro!
Value Observatory
On the similar time, the Ministry of Transport has initiated the procedures for the institution of a Value Observatory, to watch how the costs of coastal ferry tickets fluctuate. On some strains there’s a worth distinction from everyday and even inside the similar day primarily between high-speed trains.
Coastal delivery brokers additionally observe that the Ministry has different measures in its quiver as a way to management ticket costs.
Indicatively, the query arises as as to whether the choice of the earlier Minister of Transport Yiannis Plakiotakis to liberalize the freight charges for the interval from June 1 to September 15 applies once more this yr to the itineraries that aren’t carried out below public service on strains or itineraries that aren’t liberalized.
Lastly, in line with info from ot.gr, a gathering of the Minister of Transport with representatives of the Competitors Fee is anticipated within the coming days.
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