Private petrol stations take PKN Orlen to court over "unfair" pricing

Fuel stations under the patronage of PKN Orlen are filing legal petitions against the company because they claim that PKN is not fulfilling its contractual duties. Representatives of PKN Orlen are surprised by this accusation. "Our negotiations have not brought any results, so we suing the refinery for the losses they have caused us. Several petrol stations are taking legal action, but this may soon grow to grow to several hundreds stations. Our lawyers have already prepared the first petitions," said Miroslaw Kulak, of the National Association of Fuel Stations. Out of 2,000 fuel station operating under the banner of PKN Orlen, 630 are so-called "patronage stations", which have private owners. According to them, PKN did not offer them preferential fuel prices, but granted these to foreign fuel concerns. They estimate this has caused them losses of zl. 127 million. (Puls Biznesu, p. 3) P.W.