Brussels, 19/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has confirmed that, on 16-17 January 2007, officials carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of several calcium carbide suppliers in Austria, Germany, Slovakia and Slovenia. The Commission had reason to believe that the companies concerned may have infringed Article 81 of the EC Treaty, which bans practices such as price fixing. The Commission officials were accompanied by their counterparts from the national...