The French Competition Authority hands out fines worth €1M to a national gas company and its parent companies for abusing the resources at its disposal as a public service to develop its competitive activity (Gaz de Bordeaux)

Gas supply: the Autorité de la concurrence hands out fines worth one million euro to Gaz de Bordeaux and its parent companies for abusing the resources at its disposal as a public service to develop its competitive activity* Background Referred to by the French Energy sectoral regulator, the Autorité de la concurrence has fined Gaz de Bordeaux for the fact that, between 2017 and 2019, it abused its dominant position in the sector of natural gas supply to residential and small non-residential customers in Bordeaux and the surrounding towns. Gaz de Bordeaux is accused of having abused its infrastructures and the commercial resources linked to its public service activity, in its capacity as a supplier of natural gas at the regulated sales tariff (RST), to develop its market offers (MO).