Statoil has been accused of breaking the Competition Act, and the EU Commission's raid of the company's head office in Stavanger will go on for several days.
The operation is top-secret, and the EU Commission does not want to issue any further information than the few press releases that were issued earlier in the week. It is unkown how many investigators are looking through Statoil's head offices at the moment.
Statoil issued a statement on Tuesday, which explained that the company has been accused of cartel activity, or what is also known as a breach of the Competition Act in the EEA agreement. Shell and BP have also been accused in the case, and are under investigation by the EU Commmission in Brussel.
"We have been told that the work in this phase is expected to take a few days," says Head of Communication at Statoil, Jannik Lindbæk jr. They have also been told by the commission to not issue any further information.
ESA, the inspection body that the EU Commission has asked to organized the control at Statoil, also refuses to comment.
(Aftenposten)
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