Ulrich Krause-Heiber

"First decision concerning retail price maintenance: Commission imposes a € 30.96 million fine on Volkswagen AG for retail price maintenance measures on the German market"* 1. Introduction On 30 May 2001, the European Commission adopted a decision imposing a fine of € 30.96 million on (...)

"Monitoring of Regulation (EC) n° 1475/95 concerning the distribution of motor vehicles"* The block exemption Regulation relating to motor vehicle distribution entered into force on July 1, 1995 and will expire on September 30, 2002. It allows selective and exclusive distribution and servicing (...)

"Commission Decision of 20 September 2000 imposing a fine on Opel Nederland and General Motors Nederland for obstruction of exports of new cars from the Netherlands"* 1. Introduction The Commission imposed a fine of € 43 million on Opel Nederland B.V., the Dutch importer of cars of the Opel (...)

"Judgement by the Court of First Instance of 6 July 2000 concerning Commission Decision 98/273/Volkswagen of 28 January 1998"* History By decision of 28.1.1998, the Commission had imposed a record fine of € 102 million on Volkswagen AG, for having committed a very serious infringement of (...)