14/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 1 July 2008, the EU Court of First Instance ruled that a company facilitating an illegal cartel but not directly involved in it may still be taken to court for infringing Article 81 of the Treaty, which bans such price-fixing cartels. Swiss company AC Treuhand AG (formerly Fides Trust AG) was found guilty by the European Commission in December 2003 of helping introduce and manage illegal price-fixing between three manufacturers of organic peroxides,...