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1 case
8 Apr 2025 Pailpac (Pty) LtdAlleged abuse of dominance: Pailpac allegedly pays ZAR 5m and ends exclusive contracts €236,068
On 8 April 2025 the Competition Tribunal (South Africa's competition adjudicator) confirmed a settlement with Pailpac (Pty) Ltd, a maker of injection-moulded plastic pails for the paints and coatings industry. The Competition Commission (competition authority) alleged that, as the dominant supplier of containers for water-based coatings, the company had tied major customers through exclusive or near-exclusive supply agreements and used below-cost pricing; Pailpac disputes this. It nevertheless allegedly pays an administrative penalty of 5,000,000 ZAR, releases customers from exclusivity and automatic renewal clauses, will buy packaging waste from small businesses and informal waste collectors for five years and will introduce a compliance programme.
Suppliers with strong market positions should have exclusivity and automatic renewal clauses checked under competition law before tying major customers to them.
Exclusive contracts and below-cost pricing by dominant firms
- Authority / court
- Competition Tribunal of South Africa (auf Antrag der Competition Commission)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Section 8(1)(d)(i) und 8(1)(c) Competition Act 89 of 1998 (Vorwurf der Competition Commission, ohne Anerkenntnis)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Published
- 9 Apr 2025
Original amount 5,000,000 ZAR, converted at the ECB reference rate of 8 Apr 2025.
- Competition Tribunal: Tribunal confirms Pailpac consent agreement: R5 million administrative penalty and an end to exclusive supply arrangements (09.04.2025) Court press release
- Competition Tribunal case file CR055Jun24/SA142Dec24 (Outcome: Confirmed, Order date 2025-04-08) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link