| 1 | Aberdeen Journals The Office of Fair Trading has issued a decision that Aberdeen Journals Limited has infringed Chapter II of the Competition Act 1998 and has re- imposed a fine of £1.328 million. | Legal update: archive | 25-Oct-2002 |
| 2 | Abuse of a dominant position The European Commission has imposed a fine of EUR24 million on the Tomra Group for abusing its dominant position. | Legal update: archive | 21-Apr-2006 |
| 3 | Abuse of dominance: European Commission fine The European Commission has fined Polish telecoms operator Telekomunikacja Polska SA for abuse of a dominant position in the Polish market. | Articles | 28-Jul-2011 |
| 4 | Abuse of dominance: Reckitt Benckiser fine Reckitt Benckiser has agreed to pay a fine of £10.2 million for abuse of dominance, as part of an early resolution agreement with the Office of Fair Trading. | Articles | 01-Dec-2010 |
| 5 | Abuse of dominant position The Office of Fair Trading has fined Genzyme Limited EUR6.8 million for engaging in exclusionary pricing behaviour in breach of the Chapter II prohibition of the Competition Act 1998. | Legal update: archive | 29-Apr-2003 |
| 6 | Alloy surcharge cartel: European Commission re-adopts ... The European Commission has re-adopted its cartel decision in relation to the stainless steel sector and fined ThyssenKrupp Stainless AG €3,168,000. | Legal update: archive | 26-Jan-2007 |
| 7 | Aluminium fluoride cartel The European Commission has fined five companies a total of €4.97 million for a price-fixing cartel in the aluminium fluoride market. | Legal update: archive | 28-Jul-2008 |
| 8 | Anti-competitive practices The European Commission has fined Yamaha 2.56 million for anti-competitive practices. | Legal update: archive | 28-Aug-2003 |
| 9 | AstraZeneca: appeal dismissed The European Court of Justice has dismissed an appeal by AstraZeneca AB and AstraZeneca plc against a judgment of the EU General Court which largely upheld a fine imposed by the European Commission for the alleged abuse of a dominant position in relation to Losec, a medicine used to treat ulcers. | Articles | 30-Jan-2013 |
| 10 | Banana importer: Commission fine The European Commission has imposed a fine of €8.9 million on Pacific Fruit, while Chiquita received immunity from fines, for alleged price fixing. | Articles | 01-Dec-2011 |
| 11 | Belgian beer cartel The Court of First Instance has reduced the fine imposed on Danone for participation in the Belgian beer cartel, but has dismissed the remainder of its appeal. | Legal update: archive | 28-Nov-2005 |
| 12 | Bitumen decision upheld by General Court The General Court of the EU has ruled on appeals brought by bitumen producers and construction companies against a European Commission decision, which found that the undertakings had participated in an illegal price-fixing cartel in the road bitumen sector in the Netherlands. | Articles | 24-Oct-2012 |
| 13 | British Airways: OFT fine for price fixing The Office of Fair Trading has fined British Airways plc £121.5 million for collusion over the price of long-haul passenger fuel surcharges. | Legal update: archive | 24-Aug-2007 |
| 14 | Bus companies cartel The Office of Fair Trading has fined two bus companies for engaging in a route-swapping cartel. | Legal update: archive | 22-Feb-2002 |
| 15 | Calcium carbide cartel: fines The European Commission has imposed fines totalling €61.12 million on nine companies for their participation in a calcium carbide and magnesium cartel. | Legal update: archive | 21-Aug-2009 |
| 16 | Car glass cartel fines The European Commission has fined four companies a total of €1.38 billion for participating in a car glass cartel. | Legal update: archive | 26-Jan-2009 |
| 17 | Cartel fines: sharing the blame? A consideration of the issues for parents and buyers of companies involved in cartel activity. | Articles | 21-Jun-2007 |
| 18 | CAT allows tobacco appeals The Competition Appeal Tribunal has allowed the appeals brought by Imperial Tobacco Group and five retailers against the Office of Fair Trading’s decision that a number of tobacco manufacturers and retailers had infringed the Competition Act 1998 and quashed the OFT’s decision as it related to each of the appellants. | Articles | 25-Jan-2012 |
| 19 | Cathode ray tube producers: reduced fines The European Commission has imposed reduced fines on certain cathode ray tube glass producers under its cartel settlement procedure. | Articles | 01-Dec-2011 |
| 20 | CFI reduces Peugeot fine The European Court of First Instance has reduced a fine imposed on Automobile Peugeot SA and its Dutch wholly-owned subsidiary Peugeot Nederland NV for agreements with its Dutch dealerships limiting exports. | Legal update: archive | 21-Aug-2009 |
| 21 | Christies and Sothebys Christies and Sothebys have each agreed to pay $20 million to settle actions in the US for antitrust breaches that occurred outside the US. | Legal update: archive | 29-Apr-2003 |
| 22 | Commission fine for late merger notification For the first time, the European Commission has imposed a fine for failure promptly to notify a merger under the EC Merger Regulation. | Legal update: archive | 01-Apr-1998 |
| 23 | Competition Act: fines Companies acting in breach of the Competition Act 1998 will face a maximum penalty of 10% of their UK turnover for each year of the infringement up to a maximum of three years. | Legal update: archive | 01-Sep-1999 |
| 24 | Competition: Commission penalty payment The European Commission has imposed a penalty payment on the Dutch company, Akzo Chemicals BV, following the company's refusal to admit Commission officials to search its headquarters in The Netherlands. | Legal update: archive | 01-Dec-1993 |
| 25 | Competition: EC fines shipping consortium for disrupting dawn ... The European Commission has fined a UK based shipping consortium for disrupting an anti-trust raid by Commission officials. | Legal update: archive | 01-Jun-1992 |
| 26 | Competition: Fine for Baccarat The French crystalware firm, Compaignie des Cristalleries Baccarat, has been fined ECU 10,000 for failing to provide information to the European Commission during an investigation. | Legal update: archive | 01-Jun-1991 |
| 27 | Competition: Quantel: Commission clarifies law in cases of ... In a recent decision the Commission declared an agreement contrary to Article 85(1) of the EC Treaty despite the fact that the agreement had been brought to an end by the parties in April of this year. | Legal update: archive | 01-Oct-1992 |
| 28 | Construction bid-rigging: implications for the OFT's fining ... The Competition Appeal Tribunal has recently handed down three judgments on 13 of the 25 appeals lodged against fines imposed by the Office of Fair Trading, following its investigation into “cover pricing” in the construction industry. The judgments are likely to have significant implications for the OFT and its fining policy. | Articles | 28-Apr-2011 |
| 29 | Construction cartel: fines reduced The Competition Appeal Tribunal has reduced the fines imposed by the Office of Fair Trading on a number of companies for alleged bid-rigging in the construction sector. | Articles | -- |
| 30 | Construction cases: OFT not to appeal The Office of Fair Trading has decided not to appeal the judgments of the Competition Appeal Tribunal in the construction and construction recruitment forum cases. | Articles | 30-Jun-2011 |
| 31 | Copper fittings cartel: fines reduced or cancelled The General Court of the EU has reduced or cancelled fines imposed by the European Commission on eight companies active in the copper fittings sector for alleged price fixing. | Articles | 28-Apr-2011 |
| 32 | Copper plumbing tubes cartel The European Commission has imposed fines of ¤222 million on a group of copper plumbing pipes manufacturers. | Legal update: archive | 24-Sep-2004 |
| 33 | Copper tubes cartels: ECJ dismisses appeals The European Court of Justice has upheld the judgments of the General Court and the decisions of the European Commission relating to two cartels in the copper industrial and copper plumbing tubes sectors. | Articles | 25-Jan-2012 |
| 34 | CRT manufacturers: Commission fine The European Commission has imposed total fines of approximately €1.47 billion on seven international groups of companies producing cathode ray tubes. | Articles | 30-Jan-2013 |
| 35 | DaimlerChrysler The Court of First Instance has reduced the fine imposed by the European Commission on DaimlerChrysler for market-sharing practices. | Legal update: archive | 21-Oct-2005 |
| 36 | DaimlerChrysler: fine The European Commission has fined DaimlerChrysler euro71.825 million for infringing Article 81 of the EC Treaty. | Legal update: archive | 01-Nov-2001 |
| 37 | Dairy investigation decision: OFT and Tesco settlement The Competition Appeal Tribunal has issued an order made by consent ending Tesco’s appeal in relation to the Office of Fair Trading’s 2011 dairy retail price initiatives decision. | Articles | 27-Mar-2013 |
| 38 | Dairy products investigation: OFT fine The Office of Fair Trading has fined four supermarkets and five dairy processors a total of £49.51 million following its dairy products retail pricing investigation. | Articles | 01-Sep-2011 |
| 39 | Dairy: OFT penalties Following the Office of Fair Trading's provisional findings of evidence of collusion between various supermarkets and dairy processors on some dairy retail prices, certain of these parties have admitted involvement in anti-competitive practices and agreed to pay individual penalties which, combined, total a maximum of over £116 million. | Legal update: archive | 25-Jan-2008 |
| 40 | Detergents cartel settlement: reduced fines imposed The European Commission has imposed reduced fines under its settlement procedure on Procter & Gamble and Unilever for price fixing. | Articles | 26-May-2011 |
| 41 | Dutch beer fines: appeals dismissed The European Court of Justice has dismissed the appeals brought by Dutch brewers Heineken NV and Bavaria NV against the EU General Court’s judgment of 2011 regarding their alleged participation in a cartel on the Dutch beer market. | Articles | 30-Jan-2013 |
| 42 | Electrabel fine: appeal dismissed The EU General Court has upheld a fine of approximately €20 million imposed on Electrabel by the European Commission in 2009 for putting a transaction into effect before notifying it to the Commission. | Articles | 30-Jan-2013 |
| 43 | Fine imposed for breach of seal The European Commission has fined Suez Environnement and its subsidiary, Lyonnaise des Eaux, for breaching a Commission seal during an inspection. | Articles | 30-Jun-2011 |
| 44 | Fines: immunity and reduction The European Commission has consulted on amendments to its Notice on immunity from, and reduction in, fines in cartel cases. | Legal update: archive | 27-Mar-2006 |
| 45 | Freight forwarders: Commission fines The European Commission has fined 14 groups of companies a total of €169 million for price fixing in the international air freight forwarding sector. | Articles | 02-May-2012 |
| 46 | Fuel surcharge cartel: fine reduced The Office of Fair Trading has reduced the level of fine imposed on British Airways for alleged anti-competitive conduct relating to the pricing of passenger fuel surcharges. | Articles | 31-May-2012 |
| 47 | Gas insulated switchgear cartel: fines The European Commission has fined eleven groups of companies in excess of EUR750 million for their participation in a cartel for gas insulated switchgear projects, the largest fine ever imposed for a single cartel offence. | Legal update: archive | 23-Feb-2007 |
| 48 | General Court upholds E.ON fine The General Court of the EU has upheld a fine imposed by the European Commission on E.ON Energie AG for breach of a seal during an inspection. | Articles | 26-Jan-2011 |
| 49 | Genzyme The Competition Appeal Tribunal has upheld the Office of Fair Trading’s decision that Genzyme abused its dominant position, but has reduced the fine imposed. | Legal update: archive | 23-Apr-2004 |
| 50 | Guidelines on the method of setting of fines The Competition Commissioner has submitted to the European Commission guidelines on the method for the setting of fines for breach of European competition law. | Legal update: archive | 01-Jan-1998 |
| 51 | Hasbro: price fixing The Office of Fair Trading has fined toy manufacturer Hasbro UK Limited £4.95 million for price fixing. | Legal update: archive | 24-Jan-2003 |
| 52 | Heat stabilisers cartel decision: partial repeal The European Commission has repealed a cartel decision relating to the market for heat stabilisers, in respect of Ciba/BASF and Elementis. | Articles | 01-Sep-2011 |
| 53 | Heineken and Bavaria: fines reduced The EU General Court has reduced the fines imposed on Heineken NV, its subsidiary Heineken Nederland BV, and Bavaria NV for participating in an alleged cartel on the Dutch beer market. | Articles | 28-Jul-2011 |
| 54 | Hoechst appeal The European Court of First Instance has reduced the fine imposed on Hoechst GmbH for its participation in a cartel on the sorbates market. | Legal update: archive | 28-Jul-2008 |
| 55 | Holcim Deutschland AG Holcim Deutschland AG has appealed against the Court of First Instance's dismissal of its application for reimbursement of certain charges relating to a fine imposed by the European Commission which was subsequently annulled. | Legal update: archive | 23-Sep-2005 |
| 56 | ICI/Solvay fines Record fines have been imposed on ICI and Solvay for breaches of the EC competition rules. | Legal update: archive | 01-Jan-1991 |
| 57 | Industrial bag cartel: fines reduced The General Court of the EU has reduced the fines imposed on UPM-Kymmene Oyj, FLS Plast A/S and FLSmidth & Co A/S in relation to their participation in a plastic industrial bags cartel. | Articles | 29-Mar-2012 |
| 58 | Industrial thread cartel The European Commission has imposed fines of almost 44 million on the producers of industrial thread for price fixing. | Legal update: archive | 21-Oct-2005 |
| 59 | LCD panel producers: fines for price fixing The European Commission has fined six producers of LCD panels around €648 million for price fixing. | Articles | 26-Jan-2011 |
| 60 | Leniency and no-action applications: guidance from the OFT The Office of Fair Trading has published for consultation a draft final form guidance note on how it will handle leniency and no-action applications going forward. | Legal update: archive | 27-Nov-2006 |
| 61 | Leniency: European Commission adopts revised notice The European Commission has adopted a revised notice on immunity from fines and reduction of fines in cartel cases. | Legal update: archive | 26-Jan-2007 |
| 62 | Leniency: European Commission amendments to leniency ... The European Commission has adopted draft amendments to its notice on immunity from, and reduction of, fines in cartel cases. | Legal update: archive | 27-Oct-2006 |
| 63 | Leniency: revised guidance The Office of Fair Trading has published revised guidance on the handling of applications for leniency from fines under the Competition Act 1998 and no-action in relation to prosecution for the Enterprise Act 2002 cartel offence. | Legal update: archive | 26-Jan-2009 |
| 64 | Makers UK Limited The Competition Appeal Tribunal has upheld a cartel infringement decision of the Office of Fair Trading against Makers UK Limited relating to the flat roof and car park surfacing sector. | Legal update: archive | 26-Mar-2007 |
| 65 | Marine hose cartel: fines The European Commission has fined five companies for participating in a marine hose cartel. | Legal update: archive | 20-Feb-2009 |
| 66 | Maximum penalty fines The government has announced the new maximum penalty levels that the Competition Commission will be able to impose on companies failing to respond to requests for extra information under section 109 of the Enterprise Act. | Legal update: archive | 28-Apr-2003 |
| 67 | Mercedes-Benz and dealers: OFT fines The Office of Fair Trading has found that Mercedes-Benz and five of its commercial vehicles dealers infringed competition law, and has imposed fines totalling over £2.8 million. | Articles | 01-May-2013 |
| 68 | Microsoft The European Commission has held that Microsoft infringed Article 82 of the EC Treaty by abusing its dominant position in the market for personal computer operating systems and bundling its media player software. | Legal update: archive | 23-Apr-2004 |
| 69 | Microsoft appeal Microsoft Corp. has applied to the European Court of First Instance for the suspension of the sanctions imposed by the European Commission pending its appeal. | Legal update: archive | 22-Jul-2004 |
| 70 | Microsoft fine The European Commission has fined Microsoft €280.5 million for continued non-compliance with the European Commission's 2004 decision on its abuse of a dominant position. | Legal update: archive | 25-Aug-2006 |
| 71 | Microsoft: Commission opens proceedings The European Commission has commenced proceedings to determine whether Microsoft has failed to comply with web browser choice commitments given by the company in 2009. | Articles | 30-Aug-2012 |
| 72 | Microsoft: fine for non-compliance The European Commission has imposed a fine on Microsoft for non-compliance with its commitments to offer users a browser choice screen enabling them to choose easily their preferred web browser. | Articles | 27-Mar-2013 |
| 73 | Microsoft: General Court upholds fine The General Court has upheld the fine imposed on Microsoft by the European Commission for failing to comply with the Commission’s finding that Microsoft had abused a dominant position in relation to PC operating systems. | Articles | 26-Jul-2012 |
| 74 | Microsoft: The Commission's decision On 24 March 2004 the European Commission adopted its formal decision on Microsoft, finding that Microsoft had abused its dominant position by refusing to provide information and by unlawful tying. | Articles | 26-Apr-2004 |
| 75 | Mitigation of fines in cartel cases The European Commission has published a draft notice on the non-imposition or the mitigation of fines in cases where undertakings co-operate in the preliminary investigation or proceedings in respect of infringements. | Legal update: archive | 01-Jan-1996 |
| 76 | Mitsubishi: fine The European Commission has imposed a fine for the first time for failure to supply a third party information in a merger case. | Legal update: archive | 01-Aug-2000 |
| 77 | Napp Pharmaceuticals The Competition Commission Appeal Tribunal has awarded Napp Pharmaceuticals temporary relief from an order of the Office of Fair Trading. | Legal update: archive | 29-Jun-2001 |
| 78 | Napp: first OFT penalty decision The Office of Fair Trading has fined Napp Pharmaceuticals £3.21 million for abuse of a dominant market position. | Legal update: archive | 27-Apr-2001 |
| 79 | Needles cartel fines The European Court of Justice has rejected an appeal by Coats Holdings Ltd and J&P Coats Ltd for a reduction in their €20 million fine for participation in the needles cartel. | Legal update: archive | 20-Nov-2008 |
| 80 | New fining guidelines The European Commission has adopted new guidelines on the setting of fines in antitrust cases. | Legal update: archive | 20-Jul-2006 |
| 81 | Nintendo fines The European Commission has imposed a fine of EUR167.8 million on Nintendo and seven of its official distributors for colluding to maintain artificially high price differences in the EU for its play consoles and games between 1991 and 1998. | Legal update: archive | 02-Dec-2002 |
| 82 | Obstruction during inspection: Commission fines The European Commission has imposed fines totalling €2.5 million on Energetický a průmyslový holding and EP Investment Advisors for obstructing an inspection carried out at their premises in Prague by Commission officials. | Articles | 02-May-2012 |
| 83 | OFT penalties: new guidance provides some clarification On 10 September 2012, the Office of Fair Trading published new guidance on the manner in which it will set penalties for breaches of competition law. The guidance sets out a procedure consisting of six steps where the starting point is based on the company’s relevant turnover, followed by a number of adjustments. While providing some clarity, the way in which fines will be calculated may still be open to challenge. | Articles | 26-Sep-2012 |
| 84 | Paraffin wax cartel fines The European Commission has imposed fines on nine groups for participating in a paraffin wax cartel between 1992 and 2005. | Legal update: archive | 28-Oct-2008 |
| 85 | Plasterboard cartel The European Commission has imposed fines of euro478 million on four companies for engaging in an alleged cartel in relation to plasterboard. | Legal update: archive | 24-Jan-2003 |
| 86 | Power transformer cartel fines The European Commission has fined seven producers of power transformers a total of €67.6 million for their participation in a four-year market-sharing cartel; the eighth member of the cartel received immunity for whistleblowing. | Articles | 26-Nov-2009 |
| 87 | Predatory pricing The European Commission has fined Wanadoo Interactive 10.35 million for abusing its dominant position by engaging in predatory pricing. | Legal update: archive | 28-Aug-2003 |
| 88 | Price fixing The Office of Fair Trading has fined ten businesses £18.6 million in total for price-fixing in breach of the Competition Act 1998. | Legal update: archive | 22-Aug-2003 |
| 89 | Price fixing fine: increase The Competition Appeal Tribunal has increased a penalty set by the Office of Fair Trading for the first time. | Legal update: archive | 22-Jun-2005 |
| 90 | Price fixing: penalties The Competition Appeal Tribunal has broadly upheld the approach adopted by the Office of Fair Trading in calculating the level of price fixing penalties imposed on Argos and Littlewoods. | Legal update: archive | 26-May-2005 |
| 91 | Price-fixing The Court of First Instance has reduced the fines imposed by the European Commission on two companies involved in the speciality graphite cartel. | Legal update: archive | 25-Jul-2005 |
| 92 | Price-fixing fines The Office of Fair Trading has fined Argos £17.28 million and Littlewoods £5.37 million for price-fixing. | Legal update: archive | 21-Mar-2003 |
| 93 | Record fine for Intel The European Commission has imposed a record fine of €1.06 billion on Intel for abuse of a dominant position by using illegal sales practices to ensure that computer manufacturers carry its computer chips. | Legal update: archive | 22-May-2009 |
| 94 | Reduction in fines The European Court of First Instance has reduced the fines imposed on BASF AG and Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd for their participation in various vitamin cartels. | Legal update: archive | 20-Apr-2006 |
| 95 | Reduction of fines in cartel cases The European Commission has adopted its notice designed to encourage "whistle blowers" to disclose evidence to the Commission about cartels, in return for reductions in fines. | Legal update: archive | 01-Sep-1996 |
| 96 | Refrigeration compressor producers: cartel settled The European Commission has settled a cartel with producers of household and commercial refrigeration compressors. | Articles | 25-Jan-2012 |
| 97 | Roofing contractors' fines The Office of Fair Trading has fined 13 roofing contractors £2.3 million for price fixing through collusive tendering. | Legal update: archive | 27-Mar-2006 |
| 98 | Sodium chlorate cartel The European Commission has imposed fines totalling €79 million on four groups of companies for their participation in a sodium chlorate cartel. | Legal update: archive | 28-Jul-2008 |
| 99 | Sodium gluconate cartel The European Commission has fined six companies for operating a price fixing and market sharing cartel for sodium gluconate. | Legal update: archive | 01-Nov-2001 |
| 100 | Steel tubes cartel: ECJ upholds fine The European Court of Justice has upheld the fines imposed on Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd, Nippon Steel Corp, Salzgitter Mannesmann GmbH and Dalmine SpA for participating in a steel tube cartel from 1990 to 1995. | Legal update: archive | 23-Feb-2007 |
| 101 | TACA: inland pricing The European Court of First Instance has annulled the European Commission’s decision to fine signatories to the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement. | Legal update: archive | 23-Oct-2003 |
| 102 | The Competition Act 1998: Fines and whistleblowing on ... The Director General of Fair Trading has published draft guidance on the calculation of fines for breach of the Competition Act 1998 and has set out an amnesty for companies that blow the whistle on cartel operating companies. | Articles | 01-Sep-1999 |
| 103 | The Empagran case: closing the US courtroom door? The US Supreme Court's decision could limit the ability of foreign claimants to bring actions in the US for breach of antitrust laws involving international cartels. | Legal update: archive | 23-Jul-2004 |
| 104 | Tobacco cartel fine The European Commission has imposed fines totalling EUR56 million on four Italian tobacco companies for their participation in a cartel. | Legal update: archive | 28-Nov-2005 |
| 105 | Volkswagen AG: fine The European Commission has imposed a second fine on Volkswagen AG in the first decision on resale price maintenance in the German car market. | Legal update: archive | 29-Jun-2001 |
| 106 | Volkswagen fine The European Commission has fined Volkswagen and its subsidiary, Audi, a record ECU 102 million for preventing its Italian dealers from selling cars to customers from Germany and Austria where the same vehicles were more expensive. | Legal update: archive | 01-Mar-1998 |
| 107 | Volkswagen: fine The European Court of First Instance has upheld a European Commission finding that Volkswagen had infringed Article 81 of the EC Treaty but has reduced the fine imposed by the Commission. | Legal update: archive | 01-Oct-2002 |
| 108 | Water management producers: Commission fines The European Commission has imposed reduced fines on producers of water management products used in heating, cooling and sanitation systems using the settlement procedure. | Articles | 26-Jul-2012 |