German court suspends information requests in wholesale fuel probe
( May 5, 2026, 17:30 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A Düsseldorf court ruled that a media company and its subsidiary don't have to disclose information to the German competition authority in an ongoing fuel wholesale investigation, according to an interim decision. The court expressed doubts about the legality and necessity of the authority’s requests, especially since the companies aren't active on the markets under scrutiny and had already provided sufficient anonymized data. The court also found that forcing disclosure of sources could violate press freedom, and therefore it allowed the companies’ appeals to suspend the information demands.The statement follows:...
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