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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9553

29 November 2007
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission fines flat glass cartel nearly €500 million

Brussels, 28/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - On 28 November, European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes announced that four major international producers of flat glass had been fined a total of €486.9 million for taking part in a cartel in 2004 and 2005.

The sum total of anti-cartel fines for 2007 has now passed the €3 billion mark, and the commissioner intends to get across the message of dissuasion to other companies who may be considering going down that road. Without giving any...

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