cartel
Daimler received full immunity and was not fined for revealing the existence of the cartel to the Commission
Capacitors are essential parts of almost all electronic products, from smart phones to appliances in homes, electronic systems in cars and wind turbines
A UK firm is among three companies that have been fined a total of €68 million (£58m) for their participation in a car battery recycling cartel. The European Commission said Campine (Belgium), Eco-Bat Technologies (UK) and Recylex (France) fixed prices for buying scrap automotive batteries, in breach of EU antitrust rules. A fourth company, US-based […]
The European Commission has notified five companies that it suspects them of taking part in a car battery recycling cartel. It has sent statement of objections to the suspected firms over concerns they fixed the purchase prices for scrap lead-acid batteries in Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands between 2009 and 2012. Around 80% of […]
Investment bank Goldman Sachs and 10 cable companies have been fined a total of €302 million (£250m) by EU antitrust regulators for running a secret cartel to block competition in the market for electricity power cables. The firms shared markets and allocated customers between themselves “on an almost worldwide scale” from 1999 for almost 10 […]