(Boursier.com) – The standoff is not over between British and Eurotunnel about antitrust Myferrylink. The London Court of Appeal allowed Myferrylink Friday, a subsidiary of Eurotunnel to continue its maritime links between Dover and Calais after crossing invalidated the ban imposed by the British Appeal Court for Competition. This decision follows an appeal procedure launched by the Scop, employees union operator boats Myferrylink.
“Illogical”
So this is a new rebound: Eurotunnel, owner of ships and responsible for the marketing of tickets, had thrown in the towel and announced in January the sale of Myferrylink while denouncing a decision “illogical” touching “industrial and commercial success.” “We are studying the decision to see if it helps or not to continue operating Myferrylink after 9 July,” said a spokesman for Eurotunnel, quoted by Reuters news agency. The UK competition authorities had indeed set this date to cease operation of ferries on the Calais-Dover line. Eurotunnel has not indicated whether he would suspend the process of selling Myferrylink, while potential buyers have until Monday, May 18, midnight to submit their tenders as part of a second round of betting.
“Great news”
The French Secretary of State for desTransports, Alain Vidal, welcomed the decision of the British courts, detecting it “excellent news for the weapons under the French flag and jobs in Calais “- Myferrylink employs nearly 600 people. After months of negotiations, the British courts had held that the marketing of the Dover-Calais crossings Eurotunnel was an abuse of dominant position on the part of the operator of the Channel Tunnel.
L. R. Reuters – © 2015 Boursier.com
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