FRANCE’S PORK AND BEEF MARKETS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR PRICE-FIXING
January 1st, 2016
The European Commission is making preliminary inquiries to determine whether a full-blown investigation into alleged price-fixing in the French pork and beef markets is justified. A spokeswoman for the Commission's competition directorate general said it had received complaints and was investigating. Reports in French media have noted that Commission officials have been quizzing companies, officials and executives who attended crisis talks organised by France’s ministry of ministry of agriculture, agrifood and forestry last summer (2015) to consider the ...
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