The Italian Council of State confirms the existence of a cartel in the market for corrugated cardboard sheets and corrugated cardboard packaging but requests the Competition Authority to reformulate the fines (GIFCO)

In 2019, the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) concluded an investigation and found that two separate agreements had been implemented to distort the competitive dynamics in the market for corrugated cardboard sheets and the market for corrugated cardboard packaging, respectively, in violation of Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The main companies involved in the production of corrugated sheet and packaging, as well as the trade association Gruppo Italiano Fabbricanti Cartone Ondulato