The UK Competition Authority conducts an inspection and fines £4.5 million a company for engaging in resale price maintenance in the music sector (Fender Europe)

Wing, Patricia; Willis, Peter

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20 Jan 2020

The UK Competition Authority conducts an inspection and fines £4.5 million a company for engaging in resale price maintenance in the music sector (Fender Europe)

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UK Competition Authority, Fender Europe, Case 50565-3, 22 January 2020

After conducting a full investigation in April 2018, the CMA on 22 January 2020, fined Fender Musical Instruments Europe Limited (Fender Europe), an international seller of guitar instruments, £4,521,185 (the largest fine imposed in the UK for resale price maintenance) for its infringement of the Chapter I prohibition of the Competition Act

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Patricia Wing
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (London)

United Kingdom 4 contributions 408 visits
Peter Willis
Bird & Bird (London)

United Kingdom 26 contributions 2334 visits

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Patricia Wing, Peter Willis, The UK Competition Authority conducts an inspection and fines £4.5 million a company for engaging in resale price maintenance in the music sector (Fender Europe), 20 January 2020, e-Competitions January 2020, Art. N° 94318

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