{"id":32720,"date":"2022-03-10T13:45:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T12:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=32720"},"modified":"2022-03-10T13:45:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T12:45:48","slug":"competition-authority-to-run-an-audit-of-the-local-oil-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/competition-authority-to-run-an-audit-of-the-local-oil-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Competition Authority to run an audit of the local oil market \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Albanian Competition Authority announced that starting from February 25, they have been monitoring the oil and fuel market \u2013 following concerns over unfair price gauging due to the crisis in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>However, representatives from this institution have said that they don\u2019t have the authority to monitor prices and regulate them at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of competition authorities around the world, including the Albanian one, aren\u2019t set up in a way that allows them to legally fight abusive prices\u201d \u2013 they said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, they maintained that there is a certain legal leeway that may allow them to intervene, in cases when there is enough evidence to prove that certain corporations have signed up for an abusive agreement to either raise or lower prices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/10\/things-will-only-change-when-citizens-speak-up-says-activist\/\">Things will only change when citizens speak up, says activist<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2022\/03\/09\/serbia-halts-grain-exports-as-war-angst-cripples-albanian-markets\/\">Serbia halts grain exports as war angst cripples Albanian markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/03\/09\/how-is-the-oil-crisis-manifesting-itself-in-kosovo\/\">How is the oil crisis manifesting itself in Kosovo?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu32711\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Albanian Competition Authority announced that starting from February 25, they have been monitoring the oil and fuel market \u2013 following concerns over unfair price gauging due to the crisis in Ukraine. 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