Topic: Dawn raids

The EU’s highest court has annulled the European Commission’s dawn raids on supermarket chains Intermarché and Casino as the agency failed to record interviews it relied on as evidence to justify the searches before launching a formal probe.

09 March 2023

Competition authorities in the EU, UK, US and Switzerland have heeded calls to better align cartel enforcement efforts by coordinating dawn raids on four fragrance manufacturers and a global industry association.

08 March 2023

Local lawyers are hopeful that Juraj Beňa’s appointment as head of the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic will usher in a “new phase” of antitrust enforcement in the country.

03 March 2023

Saudi Arabia’s antitrust enforcer has fined a healthcare company €3.27 million for obstructing a dawn raid and withholding information in its investigation into suspected anticompetitive conduct during the coronavirus pandemic.

27 February 2023

Austria’s antitrust enforcer has asked the country’s specialist competition court to fine a construction company €4.8 million for its role in the country’s largest-ever cartel.

24 February 2023

Germany’s competition authority has fined four construction companies almost €1 million for rigging hundreds of road construction tenders organised by the city of Dortmund.

15 February 2023

Hungary’s Competition Authority has raided multiple companies as it progresses an accelerated sector inquiry into the market for preserved foods following complaints about price hikes and temporary supply shortages.

13 February 2023

Serbia’s competition authority has raided the local subsidiary of major central heating provider Vaillant and opened a probe to determine if the company fixed online retail prices for two brands sold in the country.

07 February 2023

Korea’s Fair Trade Commission is seeking criminal charges against a domestic truckers’ union for obstructing the agency’s cartel-related dawn raid by refusing access to its headquarters amid a nationwide protest over freight rates.

25 January 2023

Spain’s competition enforcer has raided BP, Repsol and Cepsa over alleged anticompetitive conduct, while Greece’s Competition Commission has raided an unnamed business as part of its probe into a suspected toy cartel.

14 December 2022