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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition

Candle manufacturer suspected of abuse of dominant position

Brussels, 04/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 1 June, the Commission confirmed having sent a statement of objections to suspected participants in a cartel in the paraffin waxes industry. Paraffin waxes are mainly used for making candles.

Two of the companies concerned - Sasol Wax GmbH and Sasol Wax International AG, both located in Hamburg, Germany - are owned at 100% by the South African company, Sasol Ltd. The latter stressed in a press release that the alleged violations had begun...

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