ITALY TOBACCO CARTEL CASE – EUROPEAN COMMISSION
October 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has fined four Italian tobacco processors Euro 56 million in total for colluding for six years over the fixing of prices paid to growers and their agents, and on choosing which supplier to use. Such a cartel is illegal under European Union (EU) competition legislation, and has sparked fines of Euro 30 million to Deltafina; Euro 14 million to Transcatab; Euro 10 million to Mindo (formerly known as Dimon); and Euro 2.05 million to Romana Tabacchi. Nominal fines of Euro 1,000 have been levied on Italy's trade association for ...
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