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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8699

5 May 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Investigation on plastic bag cartel

Brussels, 04/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is investigating a number of companies over suspicions of a cartel in the industrial plastic bags sector. The investigation began in 2002 and on 29 April 2004 the Commission sent a statement of objections to 43 companies. These companies are owned by a smaller number of groups in Finland, France, Germany, Spain and Benelux countries, explained Amelia Torres the spokesperson for Commissioner Monti. The market involves industrial...

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