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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific: 1,838 cases from 37 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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by company- BMW, Ford, Honda, Hyundai/Kia, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Opel/GM, Renault/Nissan, Stellantis, Suzuki, Toyota, Volkswagen, Volvo, ACEA (Mercedes-Benz Kronzeuge) €457.9m 62 % · 1 case
- Anonymised companies €108m 15 % · 3 cases
- Ford, Volkswagen, BMW u. a. (10 Fahrzeughersteller sowie die Verbände ACEA und SMMT) €92.9m 13 % · 1 case
- Exide, FET (inkl. Elettra), Rombat, EUROBAT (Clarios Kronzeuge) €72m 10 % · 1 case
- Volvo Hungária Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.; Seres Gépipari Kereskedelmi Kft.; GIF Modul Kft.; Interteher Kft.; Eurotrade Kft.; He Hans Eibinger Kft. (MUT Kft. ohne Buße nach Entschädigung) €4.06m 1 % · 1 case
- UAB „Manado“, MB „Parts ready“ €41,080 0 % · 1 case
- Maxxis International GmbH, Best4Tires Berlin GmbH, Reifen Müller GmbH & Co. KG – 0 % · 1 case
- Valvoline Inc. und Greenbriar Equity Fund V, L.P. – 0 % · 1 case
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| Q4 2023 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | €92.9m |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | – |
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1 case
1 Apr 2025 Ford, Volkswagen, BMW u. a. (10 Fahrzeughersteller sowie die Verbände ACEA und SMMT)CMA: GBP 77.7m fine for carmakers over recycling and advertising collusion €92.9m
The CMA found two cartel infringements: from 2002 to 2017 the manufacturers had agreed not to advertise recyclability rates above the statutory minimum of 85%, and from 2004 to 2018 eight of them, later joined by others, had operated a buyers' cartel agreeing not to pay companies that recycle end-of-life vehicles. Under settlement, fines totalling GBP 77,688,917 were imposed: Ford 18,541,929, Volkswagen 14,755,900, BMW 11,060,925, Nissan/Renault 9,979,826 jointly plus 2,800,646 for Nissan alone, Peugeot Citroën/Stellantis 5,189,948, Vauxhall/Opel (with General Motors and Stellantis as former and current owners) 5,171,248 in total, Jaguar Land Rover 4,626,404, Toyota 4,502,760, Mitsubishi 898,531, ACEA 114,000 and SMMT 46,800 GBP. Mercedes-Benz had reported the cartel and received full immunity; the European Commission adopted its own decision for the EU on the same day.
Agreements on green advertising or purchasing terms reached in trade association meetings are still cartels – sustainability goals do not justify coordination between competitors.
Sustainability agreements and buyers' cartels in trade association meetings
- Authority / court
- Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Chapter I prohibition, section 2(1) Competition Act 1998
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Automotive
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Mitigating circumstances
- 20% settlement discount for all addressees; additional leniency reductions for Peugeot Citroën and Vauxhall/Opel together with their current and former owners Stellantis and General Motors (45%), the SMMT (35%) and Mitsubishi (25%); full immunity for Mercedes-Benz as the first to report.
- Published
- 1 Apr 2025
Original amount 77,688,917 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 1 Apr 2025.
- CMA case page: Anti-competitive conduct in relation to vehicle recycling and advertising of recycling-related information Enforcement database of an authority
- CMA press release: Car industry settles competition law case (1 April 2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link