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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice

Court agrees with Advocate General's rejection of Danone's appeal against cartel ruling

Luxembourg, 08/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - The Danone company (Danone) was found guilty by the European Commission in 2000 of the involvement of its subsidiary Alken-Maes in a cartel on the Belgian beer market. The fine levied on Danone has been kept at the level decided by the European Court of First Instance (see Europe 8107 and 9058) because the European Court of Justice has rejected Danone's appeal for a further reduction in the fine (the Court of First Instance reduced it by more than...

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