On the same day, the European Union announced that from 2006 to 20 12, five automobile shipping companies, including Norwegian Warren Wilson (WWL), Japanese Kawasaki Steamboat (K-LINE), merchant ship Mitsui (MOL), Japanese mail ship (NYK) and Chilean South American Steamboat (CSAV), were connected in series to form a cartel organization. Through collaborative pricing and market segmentation,
According to the announcement, five companies occupy "half of the EU automobile shipping market", which seriously infringes on the rights and interests of EU consumers and weakens the competitiveness of the EU automobile industry. Therefore, Warren Wilson was fined 207 million euros, three Japanese companies were fined 1.8 1 billion euros, and South American ships were fined 7.03 million euros, with a total fine of 395 million euros.
In terms of auto parts, the announcement said that from 2000 to 20 1 1 year, Bosch, Denso and Special Ceramics reached an agreement to jointly control the supply price of auto spark plugs. Therefore, Bosch was fined 46 million euros, and two Japanese companies were fined 30 million euros, with a total fine of 76 million euros.
I hope that the automobile monopoly can be effectively controlled!