Brussels, 19/03/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 19 March, the Court of Justice of the EU rejected the appeal by banana importer Dole, thereby upholding the decision of the European Commission in 2008 to impose a fine of €60.3 million on companies Dole, Weichert and Del Monte for operating a cartel on the reference prices of Chiquita bananas in eight member states (see EUROPE 9762).
The Court has thus upheld (in case C-286/13 P) the ruling by the General Court of the EU (case T-588/08)...