The European Commission fined vertically integrated state-owned energy company Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH), its gas supply subsidiary Bulgargaz and its gas infrastructure subsidiary Bulgartransgaz (the BEH group) as they abused their dominant position by blocking their competitors’ access to gas infrastructure in Bulgaria. The press release dated 17 December 2018 about the decision of the European Commission is available at http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-6846_en.htm