Competition weekly news summary
23 October 2015

Antitrust

  • Commission fines suppliers of optical disc drives € 116 million for cartel
    21 October 2015
    The European Commission has fined eight optical disc drive (ODD) suppliers a total of €116 million for having coordinated their behaviour in relation to procurement tenders organised by two computer manufacturers, in breach of EU antitrust rules. The anticompetitive conduct subject to fines in this case concerns agreements to collude in procurement tenders for ODDs for laptops and desktops produced by Dell and Hewlett Packard (HP).
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State Aid

  • Commission approves issuance of additional subordinated debt by Ethias
    23 October 2015
    The European Commission has found proposed amendments to the restructuring plan of the Belgian insurer Ethias to be in line with EU state aid rules. In particular, the Commission has agreed to a proposed capital increase in Ethias through the issuance of additional subordinated debt.
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  • Commission decides selective tax advantages for Fiat in Luxembourg and Starbucks in the Netherlands are illegal under EU state aid rules
    21 October 2015
    The European Commission has decided that Luxembourg and the Netherlands have granted selective tax advantages to Fiat Finance and Trade and Starbucks, respectively. These are illegal under EU state aid rules.
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  • Statement by Commissioner Vestager following agreement in principle with German authorities on state aid procedure concerning HSH Nordbank AG
    19 October 2015
    Commissioner Vestager today reached an agreement in principle with the German authorities on the way forward to finally conclude the European Commission's State aid procedure on HSH Nordbank and approve the €3bn guarantee increase.
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Court

  • Judgment in the case C‑194/14 P AC-Treuhand vs. European Commission (Heat Stabilisers).
    22
    October 2015
    The European Commission welcomes the ruling by the EU Court of Justice upholding an earlier General Court judgment and thereby a Commission decision of 2009 to hold AC Treuhand liable under EU antitrust rules for facilitating cartels.
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    See Court of Justice case page>

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