Press Release: Antitrust: Commission fines cargo train operators € 49 million for cartel

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Series Details IP/15/5376 (15.07.15)
Publication Date 15/07/2015
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On 15 July 2015 the European Commission has imposed fines of € 49 154 000 on Express Interfracht, part of the Austrian railway incumbent Österreichische Bundesbahnen ("ÖBB"), and Schenker, part of the German railway incumbent Deutsche Bahn ("DB"), for operating a cartel in breach of EU antitrust rules in the market for so-called cargo 'blocktrain' services. The three companies fixed prices and allocated customers for their "Balkantrain" and "Soptrain" services in Europe for nearly eight years.

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