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Decisions European Commission

Antitrust Law / Private Enforcement

Decisions European Commission

Case
Defendant
Concrete accusation
Period
Amount of the fine
Case AT.40028 - Generators and starters 
Denso Corporation
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Hitachi, Ltd and Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd
Cartel between Japanese companies for the supply of generators and starters for passenger cars in the European Economic Area;
Anti-competitive contacts: price fixing, sharing of customers or projects, exchange of sensitive business information.
2004 - 2010
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation:
110 929 000 EUR
 
Hitachi, Ltd und Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd,
jointly and severally:
26 860 000 EUR.
Case AT.39850-Container Shipping
Maersk (Denmark)
MSC (Suisse)
CMA CGM (France)
Hapag-Lloyd (Germany)
Hamburg Süd (Germany)
COSCO (China)
OOCL (Hongkong)
Evergreen (Taiwan)
Hanjin (Southkorea)
Hyundai Merchant Marine (Southkorea)
MOL (Japan)
NYK (Japan)
UASC (United Arab Emitares)
ZIM (Israel)
The Commission's concerns, so-called 'GRI Announcements' (General Rate Increase Announcements), may have constituted a concerted practice contrary to Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement
Obligation of the parties pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation 1/2003 to remove the competition concerns raised by the Commission
 
 
Case AT.39745 - CDS Information Market
Associations of undertakings “Markit” (Markit Limited, Markit Group Holdings Limited, Markit Indices Limited, Markit North America, Inc and Markit Group Limited)
The Commission has doubts that the agreement or concerted practice in question is intended to prevent or delay the emergence of a new market and therefore constitutes an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 EEA;
Obligation of Markit pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation 1/2003 in order to remove the competition concerns raised by the Commission.
2006 - 2009
 
AT.39745 -CDS Information Market
International Swaps and Derivatives Association („ISDA“)
The Commission has doubts that the agreement or concerted practice in question is intended to prevent or delay the emergence of a new market and therefore constitutes an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 EEA;
ISDA's obligation under Article 9 of Regulation 1/2003 to remove the Commission's competition concerns.
 
 
Case AT.40023 - Cross-border access to pay-TV content
Paramount Pictures International Limited and Viacom, Inc. („Paramount“)
Bedenken der Kommission in Bezug auf spezifische Klauseln in bestimmten Filmlizenzvereinbarungen, welche eine Zuwiderhandlung gegen Art. 101 AEUV und Art. 53 EWR-Abkommen darstellen;
Verpflichtung von Paramount gemäß Art. 9 VO 1/2003, um die Wettbewerbsbedenken der Kommission auszuräumen.
 
 
Case AT.39904 - Accumulators
Samsung SDI
Sony
Panasonic
Sanyo
Infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement in the field of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries;
Anti-competitive contacts between the parties in relation to Li batteries, including occasional contacts related to prices and/or the regular exchange of commercially sensitive market information.
2004 and 2007
Samsung SDI:
0,00 EUR
Sony:
29 802 000 EUR
Panasonic:
38 890 000 EUR
Sanyo:
97 149 000 EUR
Case AT.40113 - Spark plugs
Robert Bosch GmbH („Bosch“)
Denso Corporation („Denso”)
NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. and NGK Spark Plug Europe GmbH („NGK”)
Infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement;
Bilateral contacts, price agreements, customer allocation among each other.
2000 - 2011
Bosch:
45 834 000 EUR
Denso:
0 EUR
NGK:
30 265 000 EUR
Case AT.39960 - Thermal systems
Denso
Valeo
Behr
Sanden
Panasonic
Calsonic
Infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement;
Price coordination or market sharing in the sale of air conditioning and engine cooling systems for passenger cars to several car manufacturers in the EEA.
2004 - 2009
Denso:
322 000 EUR
Valeo:
26 766 000 EUR
Behr:
62 135 000 EUR
Sanden:
64 605 000 EUR
Panasonic
0 EUR
Calsonic:
1 747 000 EUR
Case AT.39258 - Air cargo
Air Canada
Air France-KLM
Société Air France
Koninklijke Luchtvaartmaatschappij N.V.
British Airways Plc
Cargolux Airlines International S.A.
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited
Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.
Latam Airlines Group, S.A. 
LAN Cargo S.A.
Lufthansa Cargo AG
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
SWISS International Air Lines AG
Martinair Holland N.V.
SAS AB
SAS Cargo Group A/S
SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM
Singapore Airlines Cargo Pte Ltd
Singapore Airlines Limited 
 
Infringement of Article 101 TFEU, Article 53 of the EEA Agreement and Article 8 of the Agreement with Switzerland;
Price agreements for air cargo flights with regard to fuel surcharges, security surcharges and the payment of commissions.
1999 - 2006
Air Canada:
21 037 500 EUR;
Air France-KLM and Société Air France jointly and severally:
182 920 000 EUR;
Koninklijke Luchtvaartmaatschappij N.V.: 2 720 000 EUR;
Koninklijke Luchtvaartmaatschappij N.V. and Air France-KLM jointly and severally:
124 440 000 EUR;
British Airways Plc:
104 040 000 EUR;
Cargolux Airlines International S.A.:
79 900 000 EUR;
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd:
57 120 000 EUR;
Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.:
35 700 000 EUR;
Latam Airlines Group, S.A. and LAN Cargo S.A. jointly and severally:
8 220 000 EUR;
Lufthansa Cargo AG and Deutsche Lufthansa AG jointly and severally:
0 EUR;
SWISS International Air Lines AG:
0 EUR;
SWISS International Air Lines AG and Deutsche Lufthansa AG jointly and severally:
0 EUR;
Martinair Holland N.V.:
15 400 000 EUR;
SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINE SYSTEM Denmark — Norway — Sweden: 5 355 000 EUR;
SAS Cargo Group A/S and SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINE SYSTEM Denmark — Norway — Sweden jointly and severally:
4 254 250 EUR;
SAS Cargo Group A/S, SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINE SYSTEM Denmark — Norway — Sweden and SAS AB jointly and severally:
5 265 750 EUR;
SAS Cargo Group A/S and SAS AB jointly and severally:
32 984 250 EUR;
SAS Cargo Group A/S:
22 308 250 EUR;
Singapore Airlines Cargo Pte Ltd and Singapore Airlines Limited jointly and severally:
74 800 000 EUR.
Case AT.40013 - Lighting systems
Valeo S.A., Valeo Service SAS and Valeo Vision SAS („Valeo“)
Magneti Marelli S.p.A. and Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH („Automotive Lighting“)
Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. („Hella“)
Infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement:
Anti-competitive contacts related to the market for original spare parts after the end of series production, in particular prices and other trading conditions.
 
2004 - 2007
Valeo:
0 EUR
 
Automotive Lighting:
16 347 000 EUR
 
Hella:
10 397 000 EUR
Case AT.39881 - Safety systems for vehicle occupants supplied to Japanese automobile manufacturers
Tokai Rika,
Takata,
Autoliv,
Toyoda Gosei 
Marutaka
Infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement;
Price fixing and market sharing in the sale of passenger car occupant safety systems to several Japanese car manufacturers operating in the EEA.
2004 - 2010
Tokai Rika:
1 818 000 EUR
Takata:
12 724 000 EUR;
Autoliv:
8 051 000 EUR
Toyoda Gosei:
11 262 000 EUR
Marutaka:
156 000 EUR
Case AT.39824 - Truck
MAN SE, MAN Truck & Bus AG, MAN Truck & Bus Deutschland GmbH („MAN“)
Daimler AG
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., CNH Industrial N.V., Iveco SpA, Iveco Magirus AG („Iveco“)
AB Volvo (publ), Volvo Lastvagnar AB, Renault Trucks SAS, Volvo Group Trucks Central Europe GmbH, („Volvo/Renault“)
PACCAR Inc., DAF Trucks Deutschland GmbH, DAF Trucks N.V., DAF („DAF“)
Infringement of Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement;
Agreements on prices and gross list price increases for heavy goods vehicles in the EEA as well as on the timetable and the transfer of costs for the introduction of emission technologies for medium and heavy goods vehicles in accordance with the EURO 3 to EURO 6 emission standards.
1997 - 2011
MAN:
0 EUR
Daimler AG:
1 008 766 000 EUR
Iveco:
494 606 000 EUR
Volvo/Renault:
670 448 000 EUR
DAF:
752 679 000 EUR
Case AT.40469 - Denon & Marantz (vertical restraints)
D&M Holdings Inc., D&M Germany GmbH und D&M Europe BV („D&M“)
Infringement of Art. 101 TFEU;
Monitoring the sales prices of retailers.
2011 - 2015
7 719 000 EUR
Case AT.40465 - Asus (vertical restraints)
AsusTek Computer Inc., Asus Computer GmbH and Asus France SARL („Asus“)
Infringement of Art. 101 TFEU;
Monitoring of resale prices;
Vertical resale price maintenance.
2011 - 2014
63 522 000 EUR
Case AT.40181 - Philips (vertical restraints)
Koninklijke Philips N.V. and Philips France S.A.S. („Philips“)
Infringement of Art. 101 TFEU;
Price maintenance in the event of resale.
2011 - 2013
29 828 000 EUR
Case AT.40182 - Pioneer (vertical restraints)
Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer Europe N.V. and Pioneer GB Ltd („Pioneer“)
Infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement;
Monitoring of resale prices;
Vertical resale price maintenance.
2011 - 2013
10 173 000 EUR
Case AT.40153 - E-Book Distribution Agreements and Related Matters
Amazon.com, Inc, Amazon EU Sàrl, Amazon Digital Services, LLC and Amazon Media EU, Sàrl („Amazon“)
Commission concerns about the retail distribution of English and German e-books to consumers in the EEA in breach of Article 102 TFEU and Article 54 of the EEA Agreement, concerning abuse of a dominant position;
Amazon has offered commitments in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation 1/2003 in order to remove the competition concerns identified by the Commission.