MADRID, 29 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) has concluded that the execution of internal contracts between Correos and its subsidiaries does not incur distortions or the possibility of materializing potential risks for competition.
The agency has produced several reports in relation to the contracts that the public postal operator signs with its subsidiaries Nexea and Correos Express in terms of logistics, customer service, parcel delivery, printing or last-mile services.
The potential risks detected are related to cross subsidies, the use of public services, subcontracting, the advantages of access to public infrastructures or overcompensation for non-public commercial activities.
However, the CNMC has not detected signs that these risks are going to materialize thanks to the regulation that requires the commercial business to be separated from the public business and the subsequent control actions to which Correos is subject.
Since 2021, the regulations allow the direct award of contracts between companies of the same group provided that certain requirements are met, including the non-distortion of competition in the markets.
To assess this point, the public procurement regulations establish that the competition authority must prepare a report on the contracts for which the exception is requested, a context in which the CNMC has prepared these reports.
