Horizontal agreement: The French Competition Authority sanctions companies for distorting competition by submitting cover bids in the context of the award of public contracts to the benefit of each other (Ortec Environnement...)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. In a decision dated March 3, 2022, the French Competition Authority [hereinafter "the Authority"] imposed financial penalties on four companies for a total amount of 1,500,000 euros after having found the existence of a cartel between them consisting of the exchange of confidential information for the purpose of submitting - for the benefit of each other - cover quotes in the context of the award of public contracts in the hazardous and non-hazardous waste management sector in Haute-Savoie. Classic