ECJ BELGIUM CARTEL BREWERY CASE
January 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has refused to reduce or scrap a Euro 270,000 fine ordered by the European Commission against Belgian brewer Brouwerij Haacht NV, of Boortmeerbeek, for participating in a beer cartel with Alken-Maes, Interbrew and Martens. Brouwerij Haacht claimed that the Commission had overestimated its importance within the Belgium beer market, and hence the damage on competition it could wreak as a cartel member. It also argued that the Commission broke its own cartel-control procedures in its assessment of Haacht's case ...
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