| Author (Corporate) | European Commission: DG Communication |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | IP/17/3502 (27.09.17) |
| Publication Date | 27/09/2017 |
| Content Type | News |
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Background and further information: The Commission's investigation started with an immunity application submitted by MAN. In January 2011, unannounced inspections were carried out. A Statement of Objections was sent in November 2014. The other addressees of that Statement (MAN, DAF, Daimler, Iveco and Volvo/Renault) were subject to a settlement decision adopted in July 2016, which did not cover Scania. The investigation on Scania was thus carried out under the standard cartel procedure. It revealed that Scania, as a producer of heavy trucks, had engaged in a cartel in connection to coordinating prices at 'gross list' level for medium and heavy trucks in the European Economic Area (EEA), the timing for the introduction of emission technologies for medium and heavy trucks to comply with the increasingly strict European emissions standards and the passing on to customers of the costs for the emissions technologies. The infringement covered the entire EEA and lasted 14 years, from 1997 until 2011. The investigation found that between 1997 and 2004, meetings were held at senior manager level, sometimes at the margins of trade fairs or other events. This was complemented by phone conversations. From 2004 onwards, the cartel was organised via the truck producers' German subsidiaries, with participants generally exchanging information electronically. The European Commission announced on 27 September 2017 it was imposing a fine of over €880 million on Scania after it found the company had broken EU antitrust rules by colluding for 14 years with five other truck manufacturers on truck pricing and on passing on the costs of new technologies to meet stricter emission rules. |
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| Source Link | http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-3502_en.htm |
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| Subject Categories | Business and Industry, Internal Markets |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
