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Tag: cartels

The end of the EU cartel leniency programme - 23 June 2011 - Analysis

A recent European Court of Justice ruling is a potential blow to a key programme protecting anti-cartel whistle-blowers in the European Commission's competition department, argues Andreas Geiger of Brussels law firm Alber & Geiger.

Washing powder giants fined €315.2m in EU cartel case - 13 April 2011 - News

Consumer goods giants Unilever and Procter & Gamble were today (13 April) fined by the European Commission for fixing washing powder prices in eight EU countries.

Commission offers deal to cartel 'confessors' - 01 July 2008 - News

Companies that admit guilt in price-fixing cases can hope for a 10% reduction of their fines, according to a new legislative package revealed by the Commission yesterday (30 June), aimed at better deterring cartel creation and speeding up procedures.

Brussels downs Dutch beer cartel - 19 April 2007 - News

Brewers Heineken, Grolsh and Bavaria were fined an unprecedented €273.8 million after the Commission's anti-trust department uncovered evidence of price-fixing, with top management using code names to arrange secret hotel and restaurant meetings.

Joint EU/US cartel crack-down on cargo airlines - 15 February 2006 - News

EU and US competition authorities have launched an investigation into possible price-fixing in the air cargo market with surprise inspections of major airline companies.

Brief - Commissioner Kroes: zero tolerance for cartels - 11 March 2005 - News

Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has announced the establishment of a new directorate dealing specifically with cartels.

EU competition services investigate suspected price-fixing in chemical industry - 15 April 2003 - News

The Commission's antitrust services raided leading chemical producers in four Member States in an investigation into suspected price-fixing in March 2003.

Heavy fines for German bank cartel - 13 December 2001 - News

The European Commission decided to fine five German banks a total of 100,8 million euro for allegedly fixing the charges for the exchange of euro-zone currencies.

Big fines for vitamins cartel - 22 November 2001 - News

The Commission imposed a record fine of more than 855 million euros on 8 pharmaceutical companies for illegal cartel agreements on vitamins.

Blueprint for reform of EU competition policy adopted - 27 September 2000 - News

The European Commission adopted Commissioner Monti's blueprint for a radical reform of EU competition policy. The blueprint is a follow-up to the White paper on modernisation of the rules concerning articles 81 (restrictive agreements) and 82 (abuses of dominant positions), which former Commissioner Van Miert launched in April 1999.

Commission sends warning to 13 companies in vitamin cartel probe - 12 July 2000 - News

The Commission has sent warnings to 13 companies in a probe into an alleged vitamin price-fixing cartel.

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