MOL and Slovnaft File Another Complaint Against JANAF

MOL and Slovnaft File Another Complaint Against JANAF Hungarian MOL Group and Slovak Slovnaft have filed a new complaint with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition regarding JANAF’s alleged price abuse. They claim JANAF has significantly increased its transit fees without objective justification since 2022, to levels nearly double previous rates and substantially higher than other European pipelines. MOL and Slovnaft argue that JANAF is exploiting its dominant market position, which is detrimental to consumers and energy supply security in Central and Eastern Europe.

• 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.