Private petrol stations take Orlen to court over prices

The disputes concern the granting of the Orlen logo to the stations and a claim for compensation due to the failure on the part of Orlen to observe the contractual obligation on preferential prices which owners say was included in the agreements with petrol stations. The owners of private stations operating under the Petrochemia Płock logo want to obtain the right to use Orlen's logo. They claim that since Petrochemia Płock formally does not exist anymore and Orlen ceased to advertise the brand, their revenues fell considerably as a result. They also claim that they sometimes buy fuel from Orlen at higher prices than other operators despite the fact that they had the preferential prices guaranteed in their agreements. Orlen's representatives claim that their company is fulfilling all its obligations toward the stations. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 4) E.B.