Tag: Cartel
Prices: The Cartel Office will impose fewer fines in 2021 for collusion
Prices Cartel Office will impose fewer fines for collusion in 2021 A sign points to the entrance to the Federal Cartel Office. Photo: Henning Kaiser / dpa © dpa-infocom GmbH…
Less competition: Cartel Office warns of increasing waste costs
Status: December 21, 2021 4:42 p.m. The competition for contracts for waste disposal is decreasing. As a possible consequence of the lower competition, the Federal Cartel Office warns of rising…
Competition: Nextcloud: complaint to the Federal Cartel Office about Microsoft
competition Nextcloud: Complaint to the Federal Cartel Office about Microsoft Microsoft’s logo hangs on the facade of an office building in Munich’s Schwabing district. Photo: Peter Kneffel / dpa ©…
Cartel Office – More competition in charging stations – Economy
Home business October 12, 2021, 6:49 p.m. Cartel Office:More competition in charging stations The Federal Cartel Office has campaigned for stronger competition in charging power for e-cars. In the current…
Cartel office criticizes minimum prices: fine against satchel manufacturers
Status: 08/17/2021 2:34 p.m. The Federal Cartel Office has imposed a fine on the manufacturer of the well-known school backpack brands “ergobag” and “Satch”. The company prescribed retailers not to…
Cartel suspicion: fines of millions for VW and BMW – economy
There were huge accusations that made the German industry tremble: In July 2017, it became known that the EU Commission suspected a cartel of German car manufacturers. Among other things,…
EU Commission: 875 million cartel fine for BMW and VW
Status: 07/08/2021 12:08 p.m. They are said to have illegally agreed on a technology for exhaust gas purification: The EU Commission has obliged the German carmakers BMW and Volkswagen to…
Cartel Office approves merger: Clear the way for Vonovia and Deutsche Wohnen
As of: 28.06.2021 2:08 p.m. The Federal Cartel Office has approved the merger of the two housing groups Vonovia and Deutsche Wohnen. Given the structure of the market, this does…
Apple: Cartel Office initiates proceedings – economy
The Federal Cartel Office will not give up in the fight against the market power of the large digital companies. On Monday, the competition authority announced that it would now…