The Basque Competition Authority (AVC) is investigating whether the Basque Country’s Association of Notaries and the Regulatory Council of the Euskal Sagardoa (cider) Designation of Origin have made a “collective price recommendation” in their respective fields.

This was revealed on Monday by the authority’s president, Alba Urresola, who appeared before a parliamentary committee to present the AVC’s 2023 Action Plan and its 2022 annual report, the year in which the body celebrated its tenth anniversary.