Competition record
Greek driving schools
Deep profile · 1 linked library matter
This library id groups Greek driving schools and their professional associations. In Decision 571/2013 the Hellenic Competition Commission fined them about €112,000 for coordinating lesson prices.
Overview
Learning to drive in Greece is a local service. A learner picks a school, books lessons, and pays the price that school posts. Associations of driving schools sit above those small firms and, in this case, were part of how prices were aligned.
The Hellenic Competition Commission found that associations and driving schools coordinated the prices of lessons, and in some instances limited the service on offer. Decision 571/2013 recorded the infringement. The fines added up to about €112,000, a modest sum next to an industrial cartel and a serious one for a driving school.
The library status is fined. This id is the group of schools and associations, not a single national chain. This profile does not divide the €112,000 among named schools.
Competition footprint
The price is the lesson fee a new driver pays.
An association price list becomes a cartel when the schools follow it.
About €112,000 is the decision total in Decision 571/2013.
Consumer & business angle
Learner drivers and their families paid the coordinated lesson price.
A school that wanted to discount was the member the association practice constrained.
What to watch
- Association fee schedules in other licensed local services, which raise the same issue.
- Any later Greek enforcement that treats a recommended lesson price as an agreement.
Markets
driving instruction · learner driver lessons · local professional services · small business cartels
Also known as: greek driving schools, hellenic driving schools