Economic Data

Only fines above EUR 10,000 and paid in 2022 reported as significant. For instances of non-compliance that had a non-monetary penalty, no threshold for significance has been set, and all are reported.

Two incidents at OMV Petrom Marketing SRL. In the first case, the National Authority for Consumer Protection, Mureș County, deemed that OMV Petrom Marketing SRL failed to comply with measures in respect of consumer protection regarding modifi­cations of fuel prices. The authority considered that OMV Petrom Marketing SRL, had taken advantage of the demand for fuel on the market. OMV Petrom Marketing SRL was ordered to stop the unfair practices. For the second incident of non-compliance at OMV Petrom Marketing SRL both a significant fine and non-monetary sanctions were imposed. The fine of approx. EUR 11,000 was imposed by the National Authority for Consumer Protection, Mureș County, for OMV Petrom Marketing SRL failing to comply with measures in respect of consumer protection regarding the marketing of MaxxMotion Performance Fuels and how forest protection projects are supported and emissions compensated. In addition to the fine, the authority ordered OMV Petrom Marketing SRL to stop the unfair commercial practice as an additional measure.

Included in this number is a critical case in Romania, despite the case being under appeal. In 2016, a child drowned in a pit filled with oil from an extraction well, which was not fenced. In December 2022, related to this, OMV Petrom S.A. was found guilty of manslaughter by the Găeşti District Court and was ordered to pay a criminal fine amounting to RON 28,000 (approx. EUR 5,700). On the civil side, the court assessed the degree of fault of OMV Petrom S.A. at 50% and the company was obliged to pay moral damages of EUR 135,000 to the victim’s family and material damages and other expenses in the total amount of RON 22,000 (approx. EUR 4,500). The decision is not final and OMV Petrom S.A. is appealing the decision. Therefore, while the case is included in the total number of incidents of non-compliance in order to be transparent about the impact of the case, it is not included in the sum of the fines and the number of non-monetary sanctions, as neither is final yet.

Five incidents at OMV Bulgaria OOD: One incident pertained to the Consumer Protection Commission (KZP) imposing a halt on the sale of tobacco products (vapor electronic cigarettes); one incident pertained to the National Revenue Agency (NAP) ordering for a filling station to be sealed off and sales stopped for lack of/wrong data transmission to the NAP; and three incidents were warnings imposed by the NAP for a lack of printed fiscal reports.

One incident at OMV Tunisia: EUR 29,264 interest payment claimed by DGE (Tax Authority) on ROY and land tax; one incident at OMV International Services: EUR 24,538 penalty for non-compliance with VAT rules in Bulgaria