• The President of UOKiK ordered a search which, with the court’s authorisation and in the presence of the Police, was carried out at Allegro’s registered office in Poznań and its branch offices in Warsaw.
• The activities were carried out as part of the investigation on the possible violation of competition rules by the said company.
• Possible favouring of own delivery methods at the cost of other entrepreneurs has raised suspicions.

You are an Allegro platform user and you order products to the same parcel locker as usual. The selected pick-up spot appeared automatically at each purchase. However, at a certain point it has changed. Another pick-up spot has appeared, and the previous one is hard to find.

Have you experienced something like this? The President of UOKiK is conducting an investigation concerning possible favouring of Allegro’s own logistics services, including deliveries to Allegro One Box parcel lockers and services rendered by entrepreneurs belonging to the Allegro Delivery programme, on the allegro.pl e-commerce platform. The suspected actions may at the same time put courier companies not belonging to that programme at a disadvantage.

- Suspected violations of the competition rules were serious enough for us to apply to the court and obtain a permit for a search at Allegro’s registered office in Poznań and in branch offices in Warsaw. We have collected extensive and valuable evidence which we are currently subjecting to an in-depth analysis – says the President of UOKiK, Tomasz Chróstny.

An entrepreneur with a dominating position on the market cannot undertake actions that could cause harm to its competitors, contractors or consumers. This is the situation we might be dealing with in the case of Allegro. 

The preliminary investigation is conducted in rem and not against specific businesses. If the evidence collected confirms the suspicions, the President of UOKiK will initiate antitrust proceedings and bring charges against individual entities. An enterprise involved in a competition-restricting agreement faces a fine of up to 10% of its turnover. 

Your voice matters!

UOKiK runs a programme of acquiring information from anonymous whistle-blowers. Do you wish to inform us about competition restricting practices? Visit uokik.whiblo.pl or scan the QR code below and use the simple form. The system we use guarantees full anonymity, including from UOKiK.