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Germany: Deutsche Bahn structure ‘hampers fair competition’

By  |  July 23, 2015

Germany’s Monopolies Commission sharply criticized policymakers for dragging their feet on the restructuring of national railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB).

The independent panel of experts advising the German government and legislature in the fields of competition and regulation said in its latest biannual report on DB that Europe’s largest railway operator continued to hamper competitors in no small way.

Deutsche Bahn is a joint-stock company, with the state being its sole shareholder. The Monopolies Commission emphasized that the only way to establish undistorted competition on long-distance and regional rail routes was to disassemble the integrated firm, meaning that its infrastructure and transport units should be separated.

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