Portuguese antitrust probe into Seat closed

( January 26, 2016, 19:30 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Portugal’s competition authority has closed an antitrust investigation into Seat, after the Spanish car company removed all competition concerns initially found in its extended-warranty contract, vis-à-vis independent repairers. Seat changed its contract terms, making clearing that the warranty isn’t conditional on the end user having repair and maintenance work carried out only within the carmaker’s official network.Full statement follows:...

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