Brussels, 09/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 8 July, the Court of First Instance rejected the appeal by several companies active in the plasterboard sector. The fines imposed by the Commission in 2002 were upheld for all the members of a cartel, with the exception of BPB, which had its punishment reduced by 10% by the Court for the information it gave on the cartel.
In November 2002, it was found that the companies Gyproc, Lafarge, BPB and Knauf had, between 1992 and 1998, had been...