economy
March 13, 2026
MOL and Slovnaft File Another Complaint Against JANAF
Hungarian MOL Group and Slovak Slovnaft have submitted another formal complaint to the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission, this time due to JANAF's price abuse, MOL announced today.
TL;DR
- MOL and Slovnaft have filed a new complaint with the European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition against JANAF.
- The complaint concerns alleged price abuse by JANAF in crude oil transport.
- MOL states that JANAF's fees have nearly doubled since 2022 without objective justification.
- JANAF's transit fees are claimed to be more than three times higher per unit than TAL, over double the fee for the Ukrainian part of Druzhba, and significantly higher than comparable European pipelines.
- MOL argues that JANAF is exploiting its dominant monopolistic position, which violates EU competition rules.
- The companies believe JANAF's actions harm consumers and jeopardize energy supply security in the region.
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