On June 9, 2011, the European Commission released updated statistics on cartels for 2007-2011, including statistics on fines imposed, highest fines imposed per case and firm and data regarding cartel enforcement in Europe. Some of the highlights of the Commission’s report include:
– € 315 million imposed in fines in 2011 (a significant decrease from € 2.86 billion imposed in fines in 2010).
– € 10.39 billion imposed in fines between 2007 and 2011.
– € 17.2 billion imposed in fines between 1990 and 2011.
– Top ten per case fines including € 1.38 billion imposed in the car glass cartel in 2008 (the highest fines imposed per case since 1969). Other record fines in the past ten years include: € 1.1 billion (gas, 2009), € 992 million (elevators and escalators, 2007), € 799 million (air freight, 2010), € 790 million (vitamins, 2001) and € 744 million (gas insulated switchgear, 2007).
– Top ten per firm fines including € 896 million imposed against Saint Gobain (car glass, 2008), € 553 million imposed against E.ON (gas, 2009), € 553 million imposed against GDF Suez (gas, 2009), € 479 million imposed against ThyssenKrupp (elevators and escalators, 2007) and € 462 million imposed against F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG (vitamins, 2001).
– 194 cartel decisions in 29 cartel cases between 2007 and 2011.
– About 35% of firms fined between 5% and 10% of their global turnover.
For the complete report see: European Union Cartel Statistics.
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