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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9752

2 October 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
“Paraffin mafia” heavily fined

Brussels, 01/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 1 October, the European Commission imposed a total of €676,011,400 fines on 9 groups - ENI, ExxonMobil, Hansen & Rosenthal, Tudapetrol, MOL, Repsol, Sasol, RWE and Total - for participating in a cartel for paraffin wax in the European Economic Area (EEA) between 1992 and 2005. Shell also participated in the cartel but was not fined because it revealed the existence of the cartel to the Commission. The infringement committed by ExxonMobil,...

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