Press Release: Antitrust: Commission sends statement of objections to suspected participants in North Sea shrimps cartel

The European Commission has informed four traders of North Sea shrimps of its preliminary view that they may have infringed EU antitrust rules that prohibit cartels. The Commission has concerns that these companies may have colluded to fix prices and allocate markets and customers at least in the Netherlands, Germany, France and Belgium. The sending of a statement of objections does not prejudge the final outcome of the investigation.