Brussels, 17/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 17 December, the European Commission confirmed it had sent a statement of objections to a number of companies active in the import and marketing of bananas, concerning their alleged participation in a cartel. This followed a number of surprise inspections carried out in southern Europe in November 2007. As is its wont, the Commission did not specify which companies had been inspected. The companies in question may defend themselves by...