Value for price cartel news

21.11.2019

Epic Autokoulu Oy's offices have not been involved in the price cartel investigated by the FCCA, which has been located regionally in the Eastern Uusimaa region. Epic Autokoulu Oy has always emphasized transparency in its operations, both in terms of pricing and the rest of its operations, and condemns, and completely dissociates itself from such illegal, self-interest activities. Epic Autokoulu Oy's Porvoo office was established in August 2016, and neither the company nor its representatives have participated in newsworthy discussions and training sessions where pricing has been discussed or agreed upon. In time, these illegal activities took place before the opening of Epic Autokoulu Oy's Porvoo office. In addition, epic driving school Oy has not been a member of the Uusimaa Driving School Association before or after August 2016 or on the board of the association, which, according to the FCCA, has been the organising party in meetings and discussions on cartel pricing.

Epic Autokoulu Oy is the leading player in the industry and the fastest growth company, whose operations are based on quality, openness, environmental friendliness and customer-centricity. The legality of all decisions concerning the company's operations will be assessed by the company's lawyers and the Board of Directors before the implementation and, if necessary, the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority and other authorities will be consulted. Epic Autokoulu Oy's early adoption of new technologies, bringing them into the industry and the most advanced driving simulators in the industry with a 2-DOF business platform enable consumers to have competitively priced and learning-oriented alternatives to acquiring the right to drive.

According to the FCCA, new driving school operators who started in Porvoo in autumn 2014 were advised and even pressured to increase their prices so that old entrepreneurs would not have to lower their own. The increase in prices had been proposed at regional discussion and training events organised by the Uusimaa Driving School Association. Before the autumn of 2014, only three driving schools had operated in Porvoo, which had jointly increased the price of driving licence tuition for a passenger car by EUR 600 in January 2013. Epic Autokoulu Oy's expansion into a nationwide chain has contributed to breaking the high pricing due to lack of competition by increasing competition and supply in the sector and alternatives for consumers in several locations across Finland.

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