The Competition Development and Consumer Protection Committee has expanded the list of companies with superior bargaining power, the Committee’s press service said.

These companies do not hold a dominant position but are able to unilaterally influence deal terms, the territory, or prices.

The first such list was posted in July of this year and included 31 companies. Now, the list has more than doubled, to 66 companies in 11 sectors.

The majority—54 companies—are engaged in collection and removal of household waste and have a dominant position in certain districts and neighborhoods.

Furthermore, the list includes six railway operating companies, including Interterminal, Binokor Temir Yo'l Xizmati, Sharg'unko'mir, Termiz Neft Bazasi, Navoi Temir Yo'l Transporti, and Syrdarya Thermal Power Plant.

Two companies—Oltiariq Gaz To'ldirish and Baxtli Sherzod—received this status in the liquefied gas storage sector.

The internet provider CityNet was recognized as having superior bargaining power at the Index Tashkent shopping mall. My Insurance received a similar status for insuring loans to farmers in Karakalpakstan issued by the local branch of Agrobank.

Also included on the list have been Olmaliq kon-metallurgiya, which operates in manufacturing and sale of thermal energy, and Neftgaztadqiqot, which operates in the analysis and quality control of oil and gas products.

The Committee underscored that a probe is currently underway into the Tashkent parking operator to determine whether it has superior bargaining power.

According to Article 14 of the Competition Law, superior bargaining power means the ability of an economic entity or group of persons not in a dominant position to unilaterally determine the terms of a transaction, the territory, or the price of sale of goods.