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by company- Schneider Electric; Legrand; Rexel; Sonepar €470m 70 % · 1 case
- ELKOND HHK, VUKI, Prysmian, NKT, KABEX u. a. (Kabelkartell, 9 Unternehmen und ein Verband) €97.4m 14 % · 1 case
- CNH Industrial Polska sp. z o.o., Raitech sp. z o.o., PHU Perkoz sp. z o.o. u. a. (8 Unternehmen) €80.1m 12 % · 1 case
- Elo Sistemas Eletrônicos S.A., FAE Sistemas de Medição S.A., Wasion da Amazônia (ehem. Dowertech da Amazônia) €11.4m 2 % · 1 case
- Nexans France, Nexans SA; Sonepar-Gruppe (Sonepar France Distribution u. a.) €6.5m 1 % · 1 case
- Anonymised companies €5.99m 1 % · 3 cases
- Rinnai Brasil Tecnologia de Aquecimento Ltda. €1.77m 0 % · 1 case
- Datasonic Indústria e Distribuição de Eletrônicos Ltda., D.T.I. Comércio de Artigos de Informática Ltda., Pares Eletrônica Comercial e Industrial Eireli u. a. (10 Unternehmen) €699,960 0 % · 1 case
- Sennheiser electronic SE & Co KG, Sonova AG €634,000 0 % · 1 case
- CalPlus GmbH, Elektronik-Kontor Messtechnik GmbH, TVW Meßtechnik GmbH €453,000 0 % · 1 case
- 2 more€400,000
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | €470m |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2026 | 0 | – |
1 case
29 Oct 2024 Schneider Electric; Legrand; Rexel; SoneparElectrical equipment: EUR 470 million against Schneider Electric, Legrand, Rexel and Sonepar €470m
The Autorité de la concurrence (French Competition Authority) sanctioned two vertical price agreements in the distribution of low-voltage electrical equipment: Schneider Electric with the wholesalers Rexel and Sonepar (13 December 2012 to 6 September 2018) and Legrand with Rexel (24 May 2012 to 14 September 2015). Through the system of so-called “dérogations”, i.e. special discounts granted by the manufacturers on the standard purchase price for particular end customers, the distributors’ prices to those customers were in effect fixed. Fines: Schneider Electric 207 million, Rexel 124 million, Sonepar 96 million and Legrand 43 million EUR.
Special discounts for individual customers or projects must not be used to set the distributor’s price to the end customer.
Resale price maintenance via discount and special-terms systems
- Authority / court
- Autorité de la concurrence
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. L. 420-1 Code de commerce; Art. 101 Abs. 1 AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 30 Oct 2024
- Autorité de la concurrence, Décision 24-D-09 du 29 octobre 2024 (Entscheidungsseite) Decision of an authority
- Autorité de la concurrence, Décision 24-D-09 (Volltext, PDF) Decision of an authority
- Autorité de la concurrence, Communiqué de presse zu 24-D-09 Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link