Marinaki for "Argos"

The Minister of Economy and Development, Yiannis Dragasagis, has brought before the Competition Commission allegations of abuse of dominant position by the Argos agency, who sought to consider the possibility of taking steps. provisional measures.

In his letter, the Deputy Prime Minister stated, inter alia:

"We will send you No. 5841 / 29-11-18 letter from the limited company under the name" Independent Mbad Media SA ", as well as press clippings from the following media:" Journal of the Editors "(26/11 / 2018 and 27 / 11/2018), "Documento" (26/11/2018) and "Democracy" (29/11/2018), in which is published a relevant article of the Secretary of the Association of Press Journalists in Athens, Mr. Ioannis Philippakis.

In the letter transmitted and the remains transmitted, an abuse of dominant position of the public limited company under the name "ARGOS SA" is reported and it is stated that the behavior of the alleged company directly threatens the viability of these newspapers.

As there is a public interest in media pluralism, which will be irreparably damaged if enough newspapers are closed, we would like to consider the possibility of taking interim measures under section 25 (5) of the Act. No. 3959/2011 (A 93) if you suspect the merits of the complaints. "

Prolongation of February announced by the Commission

On 1 February (instead of 1 December), Argos' change in pricing policy in the press distribution area was postponed, as announced by the Competition Commission tonight.

In particular, the Commission announced that:

"ARGOS, a legally represented company, was attending today, at the President's telephone invitation, on 28.11.2018, to a meeting at the premises of the Competition Commission and accepted the postponement of the date the entry into force of the proposal to change its pricing policy in the field of press distribution from 1 December 2018 to 1 February 2019. In the meantime, to enable the Commission's Directorate-General to the competition to study the data that Argos and any third party will produce by January 15, 2019, harm the press market and act accordingly. "