It has provisionally confirmed an earlierdecision by the Competition Commission (CC) that the French group should ceaseoperating from the key port to Calais.

CMA ruled that circumstances had not changedenough in the market for it to alter its original decision.

In 2012, Eurotunnel bought three ro-paxes from defunct SeaFrance and started a Dover to Calais run under the MyFerryLink name.

Last June, the CC said this would increaseits share of the market to over half, including the Channel Tunnel, and force one of P&O Ferries or theDFDS/LD Lines joint venture out of the market, forcing up prices as a result.

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