Abuse - Efficiency: The French Competition Council restates that an efficient work organisation does not constitute an abuse (Le Havre Harbour)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – Cons. conc. dec. n°08-D-18 of July 30, 2008 relating to towing activities by the autonomous port of Le Havre and the SNRH (French National Health Service) A rather curious case was brought before the Council by a company operating towage services in the port of Le Havre, the Boluda company. Paradoxically, this company, which until 2006 held a monopoly on towage services in the port of Le Havre and still enjoys the strong position of an incumbent operator, accused the new entrant, the Société Nouvelle de Remorquage du Havre (SNRH), of having committed an abuse of a dominant