Topic: Market sharing

French court upholds flour mill cartel ruling

France's top court has ruled that Goodmills, one of Germany's largest flour milling companies, continued to participate in a market sharing cartel until its fellow conspirators stopped inviting it to meetings.

12 February 2021

Spain fines pharmaceuticals cartel €5.8 million

Spain's antitrust enforcer has fined the country's only two suppliers of drugs used in nuclear medicine – including a local Novartis subsidiary – for dividing the market and rigging tenders.

09 February 2021

ECJ rejects Goldman Sachs power cables appeal

The European Court of Justice has dismissed Goldman Sachs' appeal against its power cables cartel fine, finding that the investment bank had a decisive influence over its former subsidiary Prysmian.

27 January 2021

Singapore’s appeal board slashes record fines

Singapore’s Competition Appeal Board has reduced record fines levied against several chicken producers after finding that the country’s competition watchdog failed to prove that they agreed to share the market.

21 January 2021

Spain shuts down multiple solid fuel cartels

Spain’s competition authority has fined six companies and five executives a total of €3.7 million for operating three separate cartels in the solid fuels sector.

14 January 2021

Poland clamps down on fitness cartel

Poland's competition enforcer has fined eight fitness companies and six of their managers a total of €7.2 million for market sharing, marking only the second time it has fined individuals for an antitrust infringement.

12 January 2021

Pakistan uncovers cement sector cartel

An investigative team within Pakistan’s competition watchdog has found evidence of cartel activity in the cement sector and recommended that the agency bring cases against the leading trade association and its members.

17 December 2020

Poland fines first individual for cartel infringement

Poland’s competition watchdog has fined two of Veolia’s local subsidiaries €26.8 million for market sharing, while also imposing its first-ever cartel sanction on a company executive who it found to be “directly responsible” for the infringement.

07 December 2020

Portugal fines telecoms cartel as second probe continues

The Portuguese Competition Authority has imposed an €84 million fine on Altice’s local subsidiary MEO for colluding to fix prices and share markets with virtual mobile network operator NOWO, which escaped a penalty as the leniency applicant.

04 December 2020

ECJ orders reconsideration of heat stabiliser cartel fines

The European Court of Justice has ordered the General Court to reconsider its ruling annulling the European Commission’s fines against three companies involved in the heat stabiliser cartel.

26 November 2020

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