The South African Petroleum Industry Association has applied for exemptions to the nation’s competition rules in order to “prevent and mitigate supply emergencies,” according to a government notice.

根据南非政府的一份通知，南非石油工业协会(Petroleum Industry Association)已申请免除该国的竞争规则，以“预防和缓解供应紧急情况”。

The exemptions to the Competition Act would allow joint planning around the scheduled shutdown of refineries and coordinate reactions to unplanned outages by members including Total SE, Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Sasol Ltd., that own refineries in South Africa, Sapia, the industry lobby group, said in a Government Gazette notice published Dec. 21.

竞争法的豁免将允许联合规划计划关闭的炼油厂和协调成员包括总反应计划外停机,荷兰皇家壳牌有限公司和沙索有限公司拥有炼油厂在南非,Sapia,行业游说团体,在12月21日公布的政府公报通知说。

More than 40% of South Africa’s crude-oil refining capacity has been shut this year by accidents that occurred, including one at a Glencore Plc unit’s refinery in Cape Town and Petroliam Nasional Bhd.’s Engen refinery in Durban.

今年以来，南非逾40%的原油炼油产能因事故而被关闭，其中包括嘉能可(Glencore Plc)旗下位于开普敦的炼油厂和Petroliam Nasional Bhd。英国石油公司(bp)在德班的恩根(Engen)炼油厂。

Sapia has applied specifically for exemptions from “certain provisions” in Chapter 2 of the Competition Act, the notice said. It also requests that collective interactions between the industry and government be allowed. The lobby group didn’t immediately return emails seeking comment, while the Competition Commission said it would reply later.

该通知称，Sapia特别申请了《竞争法》第二章“某些条款”的豁免。它还要求允许行业和政府之间的集体互动。该游说组织没有立即回复请求置评的电子邮件，竞争委员会(Competition Commission)说，稍后会回复。

“This exemption does not extend to the wholesale, commercial and retail trade of liquid fuels by Sapia members,” it said. It also doesn’t extend to members discussing prices, markets, tenders or competitive strategies.

“这一豁免不包括Sapia成员的液体燃料批发、商业和零售贸易，”它表示。它也不涉及成员讨论价格、市场、投标或竞争战略。

Published on December 22, 2020, 9:36 AM EST

发表于2020年12月22日，美国东部时间上午9:36