Dolomiti Superski’s proposed €30 million compensation package for skiers has been accepted by Italy’s Competition Authority, bringing an end to a year-long antitrust investigation into the ski-pass consortium’s pricing and distribution practices.
The Italian Competition Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, or AGCM) announced August 7, 2026, that it had concluded proceedings against Federconsorzio Dolomiti Superski and its 12 affiliated valley consortia by accepting the commitments they had proposed earlier this year.
The commitments include the €30 million consumer redress package first proposed in April, as well as changes to the consortium’s rules intended to prevent future coordination of pricing and distribution policies for valley ski passes.
The investigation, opened in July 2025, examined whether Federconsorzio’s bylaws could have enabled two potential restrictions of competition: coordination of prices for local valley ski passes and restrictions on the ability of valley consortia to sell those passes through third-party channels.
The AGCM said the commitments fully address the competition concerns identified when it opened the investigation.
Under the proposal now accepted by the competition authority, consumers who purchased one-day or multi-day valley ski passes during the 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25 ski seasons will be eligible for financial redress totaling €30 million ($35 million).
The package consists of:
- €18 million in discount vouchers
- €12 million in direct refunds
Eligible consumers will be able to choose between a voucher worth 30% of their previous expenditure or a direct refund worth 20% of the amount they paid.
The details of the compensation package were already announced as part of the proposed commitments in April. The AGCM has now accepted those commitments and closed the proceedings as of August 7. The authority said the measures are capable of mitigating any adverse effects on consumer skiers arising from the alleged agreement. However, the accepted commitments are not limited to compensation.
Federconsorzio and its affiliated valley consortia have committed, including through amendments to their bylaws, to eliminate any future coordination of pricing and distribution policies for valley ski passes. This directly addresses the two areas at the heart of the investigation. The AGCM had been examining whether Federconsorzio’s internal rules allowed the organization to determine prices for local consortia’s ski passes and restrict how those ski passes could be distributed through third parties. The case concerned potential violations of Article 2 of Italy’s Competition Law No. 287/1990 and Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which addresses agreements and coordinated practices that restrict competition.
The authority’s decision does not amount to a finding that Dolomiti Superski was guilty of price fixing; it just closes the case against the ski conglomerate. The proceedings were concluded after the AGCM accepted the commitments offered by Federconsorzio and the valley consortia. The accepted package also preserves promotions and concessions already available through the Dolomiti Superski ski pass for the next five winter seasons. The AGCM estimates the value of those measures at approximately €20 million.
That brings the total estimated value of the consumer measures associated with the commitments to approximately €50 million, combining the €30 million redress package with the €20 million in future promotions and concessions.
Consumers who believe they are eligible will need to follow the procedures established by Federconsorzio Dolomiti Superski and the participating valley consortia. The AGCM said in its press release that information about eligibility and access to the measures will be available on the organizations’ websites, at ticket offices throughout the ski area, and through local newspapers in northeastern Italy.
Skiers who purchased eligible valley ski passes during the three seasons covered by the agreement should therefore watch for further instructions on how to submit their claims.
The August 7 decision closes a case that has placed one of Europe’s largest ski-pass systems under competition scrutiny for more than a year.
