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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 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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€70mTotal of monetary amounts
€70mMedian per case with an amount

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  1. EU €70m 100 % · 1 case

What for?

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  1. Fine €70m 100 % · 1 case

Who?

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  1. C2MAC Group, Fonderie De Riccardis, Zanardi Fonderie u. a. (Gießereikartell, 12 Unternehmen und Assofond) €70m 100 % · 1 case

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1 case

31 Dec 2025 C2MAC Group, Fonderie De Riccardis, Zanardi Fonderie u. a. (Gießereikartell, 12 Unternehmen und Assofond)Italy: 70 million EUR against 16 foundries and the association Assofond over price index cartel ItalyCartels and collusion €70m

From 2004 to June 2024, foundries coordinated their pricing strategies via the association Assofond: they exchanged sensitive information and developed joint indexation mechanisms ("Assofond indicators") in order to push through price increases including margins. The AGCM imposed fines of 70 million EUR (maximum around 600 million EUR), taking the crisis in the sector into account as a mitigating factor. Addressees: C2MAC Group, Fonderia Corrà, Fonderie De Riccardis, Fonderie Guido Glisenti/Lead Time, Pilenga Baldassarre/E.F. Group, Fonderie Mora Gavardo/Camozzi Group, Zanardi Fonderie, VDP Fonderia, Fonderie Ariotti, Ironcastings, Fonderia Zardo, ZML Industries/Cividale, Assofond.

What organisations can take from it

Joint price indices within an association are only permissible if they do not enable coordination of margins or prices – metalworking companies should have their association activities accompanied by competition law advice.

Relevance to training and awareness

Association indices and price adjustment clauses as a coordination tool

Authority / court
Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
Area of law
Competition law · Cartels and collusion
Legal basis
Art. 101 AEUV
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Steel and metals
Mitigating circumstances
The severe crisis in the foundry sector was taken into account in setting the fines
Published
31 Dec 2025

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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