The European Commission fines animal feed phosphates producers for price-fixing and market-sharing in its first "hybrid" cartel settlement case (Yara Phosphates, Tessenderlo Chemie)

Crowther, Peter

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20 Jul 2010

The European Commission fines animal feed phosphates producers for price-fixing and market-sharing in its first "hybrid" cartel settlement case (Yara Phosphates, Tessenderlo Chemie)

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EC, Press release 10/985 on "hybrid" settlement in a cartel between animal feed phosphates producers, 20 07 2010

The European Commission (Commission) has today announced its first settlement of a cartel case in a so-called "hybrid" scenario, in which all but one company settled the case with the Commission in return for a 10 percent reduction in each of their fines (IP/10/985). The Commission has fined producers of animal

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Peter Crowther
Winston & Strawn (London)

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Peter Crowther, The European Commission fines animal feed phosphates producers for price-fixing and market-sharing in its first "hybrid" cartel settlement case (Yara Phosphates, Tessenderlo Chemie), 20 July 2010, e-Competitions July 2010, Art. N° 37343

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