27.6.2023
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 224/3
e) Renfe commits to a maximum Error Rate (6) of 14,23 %.
That maximum value would be periodically reviewed and may be modified by the Commission in response to a request by Renfe.
In the event of non-compliance with the maximum Error Rate, Renfe undertakes to make the necessary efforts to analyse the causes and implement the necessary technical measures to resolve them as soon as possible.
f) Renfe commits to appoint a Monitoring Trustee that will monitor and report to the Commission on the implementation of the commitments for a period of ten years.
g) Renfe commits to not in any way circumvent or attempt to circumvent the commitments directly or indirectly by any action or omission.
h) The commitments shall remain in force for an indefinite period starting from the Effective Date.
(8)
The commitments are published in full in English on the website of the Directorate-General for Competition at: https://ec.europa.eu/competition-policy/index_en
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Invitation to make Comments
(9)
Subject to market testing, the Commission intends to adopt a decision under Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 declaring binding the commitments summarised above and published on the Internet, on the website of the Directorate-General for Competition, to be binding.
(10) In accordance with Article 27(4) of Regulation 1/2003, the Commission invites interested third parties to submit their observations on the proposed commitments.
These observations must reach the Commission not later than six weeks following the date of this publication.
Interested third parties are also asked to submit a non-confidential version of their comments, in which any information they claim to be business secrets and other confidential information should be deleted and replaced as required by a non-confidential summary or by the words ’business secrets’ or ’confidential’.
(11) Answers and comments should preferably be reasoned and should set out the relevant facts.
If you identify a problem with any part of the proposed commitments, the Commission would also invite you to suggest a possible solution.
(12) Observations can be sent to the Commission under reference number AT.40735 Online rail ticket distribution in Spain, either by e-mail (COMP-GREFFE-ANTITRUST@ec.europa.eu) or by post, to the following address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Antitrust Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË
(6) The Error Rate is the ratio between the number of failed reservation requests and the number of total reservation requests made to Renfe’s ticket sales system during a given period of time.