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by company- Apple Distribution International Limited; Apple Operations International Limited; Apple Inc. €150m 29 % · 1 case
- Anonymised companies €121.4m 24 % · 7 cases
- Apple Inc., Apple Distribution International Ltd, Apple Italia S.r.l. €98.6m 19 % · 1 case
- SK Telecom Co., Ltd., KT Co., Ltd., LG Uplus Co., Ltd. €72.1m 14 % · 1 case
- Alten SA; Bertrandt SAS (mit Bertrandt AG); Expleo France SAS (mit Expleo Group SAS) €29.5m 6 % · 1 case
- Telefónica de España, S.A.U. €20m 4 % · 1 case
- O2 Czech Republic a.s.; SHERLOG Technology, a.s. €11.7m 2 % · 1 case
- Snowball.xyz-Gruppe (Snowball.xyz, Šviesa, Tavo mokykla, Ateities pamoka) und AL holdingas-Gruppe (AL holdingas, Ugdymo sprendimai, UNT nuoma) €3.63m 1 % · 1 case
- Inetum (drei Gesellschaften der Unternehmensgruppe) €3.09m 1 % · 1 case
- Míla hf. €1.39m 0 % · 1 case
- 6 more€1.3m
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | €75m |
| 2023 | 5 | €46.4m |
| 2024 | 2 | €1.17m |
| 2025 | 10 | €377.1m |
| 2026 | 5 | €21.3m |
23 cases
26 Aug 2026 O2 Czech Republic a.s.; SHERLOG Technology, a.s.O2 Czech Republic and SHERLOG: 280 million CZK for customer allocation in vehicle tracking €11.7m
From December 2012 to June 2022, the two companies allocated customers for vehicle tracking and electronic logbook services between themselves and coordinated bids, including in public tenders. At first instance, the Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže (Czech Office for the Protection of Competition, ÚOHS) fined O2 262.32 million CZK and SHERLOG 18.357 million CZK and imposed a six-month ban on public contracts; for O2, the fine was increased instead of a procurement ban.
Do not let sales cooperation with competitors turn into customer allocation – e-mail arrangements about individual tenders are the typical evidence.
Coordination with cooperation partners on customers and tenders
- Authority / court
- Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže (ÚOHS)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Tschechisches Wettbewerbsgesetz, Art. 101 AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 26 Aug 2026
Original amount 280,677,000 CZK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Aug 2026.
- Fines exceeding CZK 280 million imposed on O2 Czech Republic and SHERLOG Technology for cartel agreement Press release of an authority
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13 Aug 2026 Apple Inc., Apple GmbHBundeskartellamt: Apple aligns tracking prompts for its own and third-party apps Order
The Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) declared binding commitments by Apple on its App Tracking Transparency Framework (ATTF), closing its proceedings under Section 19a(2) of the German Competition Act (GWB) and Article 102 TFEU. According to the preliminary assessment, third-party apps had to obtain, for personalised advertising, an additional and more off-putting consent prompt prescribed by Apple, while Apple used a prompt of its own for its own services; in future the prompts will be aligned so that content, wording and design are neutral, and app providers will be able to combine the required prompts more easily.
Platform privacy rules must be equally strict for a company's own and third-party services, otherwise they become a competition problem themselves.
Equal treatment of own and third-party services in consent prompts
- Authority / court
- Bundeskartellamt
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- § 19a Abs. 2 GWB, Art. 102 AEUV (Verpflichtungszusagen, Az. B7-54/25)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 17 Aug 2026
- Bundeskartellamt: Apple ändert Regeln für personalisierte Werbung in Apps (17.08.2026) Press release of an authority
- Bundeskartellamt, Beschluss B7-54/25 vom 13.08.2026 (öffentliche Version) Decision of an authority
- Bundeskartellamt, Entscheidungsdatenbank: B7-54/25, Verpflichtungszusagen, Entscheidungsdatum 13.08.2026 Enforcement database of an authority
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5 Jun 2026 Portugal: 8.18 million EUR against three companies over advertising in TV recordings €8.18m
With the support of a consultancy, the three largest pay-TV providers agreed from 2019 to May 2025 to introduce advertising as a condition for accessing recordings and to standardise the marketing of this advertising space. The Autoridade da Concorrência (Portuguese Competition Authority, AdC) imposed 8,181,000 EUR on three companies; together with the fourth participant, already sanctioned earlier under a settlement, the fines add up to 13,351,000 EUR. Owing to ongoing court proceedings, the AdC did not publish the names in its announcement.
Jointly coordinated ‘industry solutions’ at customers’ expense are cartels – even when a service provider takes on the coordination.
Coordinated product changes among competitors
- Authority / court
- Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Lei da Concorrência (Lei n.º 19/2012), Art. 9.º (Processo PRC/2020/4)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 5 Jun 2026
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18 Mar 2026 Míla hf.Iceland: Míla pays 200 million ISK for breaching merger conditions €1.39m
The telecoms infrastructure company Míla hf. admitted in a settlement with Samkeppniseftirlitið (Icelandic Competition Authority) that from October 2023 to December 2024 it had breached the conditions of the September 2022 settlement on its acquisition by Ardian: the frequency and scope of its contacts with Síminn were liable to weaken Síminn's incentive to buy wholesale services from Míla's competitors beyond its contractual purchase obligation. Míla pays a fine of 200,000,000 ISK and accepts additional conditions; at the same time, some conditions were limited, owing to changed market conditions, to areas where Míla has significant market power.
Merger conditions also apply to day-to-day sales contact; companies subject to them must check and document customer outreach and sales activities against the conditions.
Complying with merger conditions in day-to-day business, especially in contact with major customers
- Authority / court
- Samkeppniseftirlitið
- Area of law
- Competition law · Merger control
- Legal basis
- Verstoß gegen Fusionsauflagen (Art. 4 und 8 eines früheren Vergleichs); Vergleich nach Art. 17f Abs. 1 Samkeppnislög Nr. 44/2005 (isländisches Wettbewerbsgesetz)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 19 Mar 2026
Original amount 200,000,000 ISK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Mar 2026.
- Sátt Mílu hf. og Samkeppniseftirlitsins (Reykjavík, 18. mars 2026) Decision of an authority
- Samkeppniseftirlitið: Rannsókn á Mílu lokið með stjórnvaldssektum og endurskoðun á skilyrðum (19. mars 2026) Press release of an authority
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22 Jan 2026 SIA „Burde B.V.“Latvia: Burde B.V. fined for excessive prices for speed-camera software licences €24,199
The Konkurences padome (Latvian Competition Council) found that SIA „Burde B.V.“, the only distributor in Latvia of software licences for Gatso RT4 speed cameras, charged the state-owned company CSDD, which operates the cameras under a state mandate and depended on these licences, excessive prices from September 2022 to July 2023; within six months the price rose by around 260 %. It treated this as an abuse of a dominant position and imposed 24,199.25 EUR. The decision is not final.
An exclusive distributor supplying a locked-in customer must be able to justify price increases objectively.
- Authority / court
- Konkurences padome (Lettischer Wettbewerbsrat)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 13 Abs. 1 Nr. 4 Konkurences likums (Wettbewerbsgesetz)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 4 Feb 2026
- KP lēmums Nr. 5, lieta KL/2.2-5/24/16 (fotoradaru izplatīšana), 22.01.2026 – publiskojamā versija Decision of an authority
- Konkurences padomes lēmumi (Nr. 34, Statuss: Tiesvedībā, publicēts 04.02.2026) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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18 Dec 2025 Snowball.xyz-Gruppe (Snowball.xyz, Šviesa, Tavo mokykla, Ateities pamoka) und AL holdingas-Gruppe (AL holdingas, Ugdymo sprendimai, UNT nuoma)E-register providers shared the market – 3.6 million EUR in cartel fines €3.63m
In August 2020, the operators of the electronic class registers ‘Tamo’ and ‘Eduka’ agreed to stop competing: one group kept the class register business, the other took over the digital learning content. Following acknowledgement of the infringement, the fines were reduced by 15%: 2,714,940 EUR jointly and severally for the Snowball.xyz group and 913,340 EUR for the AL holdingas group (Art. 101 TFEU). The decision can be appealed. Source: archived copy of the press release.
Agreements between competitors on ‘who does what’ are cartels – even when dressed up as portfolio streamlining.
Market sharing among competitors
- Authority / court
- Konkurencijos taryba (Litauischer Wettbewerbsrat)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Konkurencijos įstatymas; Art. 101 AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Mitigating circumstances
- Acknowledgement of the infringement (15% reduction)
- Published
- 18 Dec 2025
- Konkurencijos taryba, Pranešimas 2025-12-18 (Archivkopie web.archive.org von kt.gov.lt) Press release of an authority
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18 Dec 2025 Bravogroup Holding Vagyonkezelő Kft.Bravogroup: 32.6 million HUF for unnotified stake in Xiaomi distributor €84,042
In February 2023, the IT holding company acquired a 50% stake with negative sole control in the Xiaomi distributor Mystical Hungary Zrt., but only approached the Gazdasági Versenyhivatal (Hungarian Competition Authority, GVH) after 582 days and notified the concentration thereafter. Following voluntary disclosure, acknowledgement and waiver of legal remedies, the authority imposed a significantly reduced 32.6 million HUF.
Blocking rights (negative control) can also trigger a notification requirement – review stakes under merger control law before signing.
Merger control for minority stakes with veto rights
- Authority / court
- Gazdasági Versenyhivatal (GVH)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Merger control
- Legal basis
- Ungarisches Wettbewerbsgesetz, Vollzugsverbot
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Culpability
- negligent
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary disclosure, acknowledgement and waiver of legal remedies.
- Published
- 18 Dec 2025
Original amount 32,600,000 HUF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Dec 2025.
- Bejelentés és engedély nélkül végrehajtott fúzió miatt bírságolt a GVH Press release of an authority
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16 Dec 2025 Apple Inc., Apple Distribution International Ltd, Apple Italia S.r.l.AGCM fines Apple €98.6m over its App Tracking Transparency rules €98.6m
The AGCM found that Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy, in force since 26 April 2021, constituted an exploitative abuse of a dominant position: third-party iOS app developers had to use Apple's ATT prompt in addition to their own consent request for the same purpose, a condition imposed unilaterally and disproportionately. Apple Inc., Apple Distribution International Ltd and Apple Italia S.r.l. were fined 98,635,416.67 EUR and ordered to end the conduct immediately; the authority expressly did not question Apple's aim of protecting privacy.
Even privacy-driven platform rules set by a dominant company must be proportionate for its business partners.
Abuse of market power through platform rules on consent
- Authority / court
- Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 102 AEUV; Art. 15 Legge n. 287/1990
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Mitigating circumstances
- The AGCM did not apply an increase for the very high group turnover, which its guidelines would have allowed, in view of parallel proceedings against Apple by other competition authorities.
- Published
- 22 Dec 2025
- AGCM, Provvedimento A561 (Adunanza 16.12.2025), Chiusura istruttoria Decision of an authority
- AGCM, Comunicato stampa 22.12.2025: A561 – Sanzione di oltre 98 milioni di euro ad Apple per abuso di posizione dominante Press release of an authority
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25 Sep 2025 „Смарт Софт“ ЕООДBidder Smart Soft denigrates competitor in letters to schools – 37,410 leva €19,128
During ongoing tenders for school equipment, Smart Soft sent dozens of identical letters to schools in the Plovdiv/Pazardzhik/Panagyurishte region containing untrue or distorted statements about a competitor. The Комисия за защита на конкуренцията (Bulgarian Commission for the Protection of Competition, KZK) found damage to reputation (Art. 30 ZZK – Bulgarian Protection of Competition Act) over around two months and imposed 3% of 2024 turnover, i.e. 37,410 leva. An appeal has been lodged against the decision.
Have sales letters about competitors – especially to public contracting authorities – legally reviewed before they are sent.
Communication about competitors in sales
- Authority / court
- Комисия за защита на конкуренцията (КЗК, Bulgarische Wettbewerbskommission)
- Area of law
- Competition law
- Legal basis
- Art. 30 ZZK (Schädigung des guten Rufs eines Wettbewerbers)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
Original amount 37,410 BGN, converted at the ECB reference rate of 25 Sep 2025.
- КЗК Публичен електронен регистър – Производство (Решение № 869 от 25.09.2025; Volltext als PDF im Register) Official register or notice
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14 Jul 2025 Telefónica de España, S.A.U.CNMC: €20m fine on Telefónica for breaching DTS merger commitments €20m
The Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC, Spanish competition and markets authority) fined Telefónica de España 20,000,000 EUR because from August 2021 to April 2023 it tied its Movistar Fusión and MiMovistar bundles including pay TV and device rental to minimum contract periods and early termination penalties. This breached the commitments under which the acquisition of DTS had been cleared in 2015; the CNMC treated the repeated breaches of these commitments as an aggravating factor.
Commitments given for merger clearance also apply to later product variants; new bundles must be checked against the conditions before launch.
Complying with merger remedies in product marketing
- Authority / court
- Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Merger control
- Legal basis
- Art. 62.4.c) und Art. 64.2.a) Ley 15/2007 de Defensa de la Competencia; Zusagen 1.1 und 1.1.2 einer früheren Fusionsfreigabe
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 30 Jul 2025
- CNMC, Resolución SNC/DC/004/25 FUSIÓN DISPOSITIVOS (14.07.2025) Decision of an authority
- CNMC Expediente SNC/DC/004/25 - FUSIÓN DISPOSITIVOS Enforcement database of an authority
- La CNMC multa a Telefónica con 20 millones de euros por incumplir los compromisos de la compra de DTS Press release of an authority
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11 Jun 2025 Alten SA; Bertrandt SAS (mit Bertrandt AG); Expleo France SAS (mit Expleo Group SAS)No-poach agreements: EUR 29.5 million against Alten, Bertrandt and Expleo €29.5m
The Autorité de la concurrence (French Competition Authority) sanctioned two agreements not to poach each other’s staff: between Alten and Ausy (now Randstad Digital) for business managers from 16 November 2007 to 26 September 2016, and between Expleo and Bertrandt from 6 February to 21 September 2018. It fined Alten EUR 24 million, Bertrandt EUR 3.6 million and Expleo EUR 1.9 million; Randstad Digital received full immunity as leniency applicant. By contrast, the authority did not find non-solicitation clauses in partnership contracts or the allegations against Atos to be infringements.
Agreements between competitors not to poach each other’s employees are cartels, even as an informal gentlemen’s agreement.
No-poach agreements in human resources
- 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
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Mitigating circumstances
- Leniency: full immunity from fines for Randstad Digital (formerly Ausy).
- Published
- 11 Jun 2025
- Autorité de la concurrence, Décision 25-D-03 du 11 juin 2025 (Entscheidungsseite) Decision of an authority
- Autorité de la concurrence, Décision 25-D-03 (Volltext, PDF) Decision of an authority
- Autorité de la concurrence, Communiqué de presse zu 25-D-03 Press release of an authority
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9 Apr 2025 Alphabet Inc. (Google)Bundeskartellamt: Google commitments on Automotive Services and Google Maps Platform Order
In two decisions under Section 19a of the German Competition Act (GWB), the Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) declared commitments by Google binding: the services in Google Automotive Services (Maps, Play, Assistant) will in future also be licensed to car manufacturers individually, incentive clauses such as advertising revenue sharing and default settings will be dropped, and interoperability with other providers will be ensured. For the Google Maps Platform, contractual restrictions on combining it with other providers' map services are lifted; the commitments on Automotive Services apply to cars registered in Germany and, owing to uniform EU registration rules, to the European market, while those on the Maps Platform apply at least to licensees with a billing address in the EEA.
Tying and exclusivity incentives in platform services are under scrutiny under Section 19a GWB; individually licensable, interoperable offerings reduce the risk.
- Authority / court
- Bundeskartellamt
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- § 19a GWB (für bindend erklärte Verpflichtungszusagen; Az. B7-25/22)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 9 Apr 2025
- Bundeskartellamt: Google muss Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen bei Google Automotive Services und bei der Google Maps Platform abstellen (09.04.2025) Press release of an authority
- Bundeskartellamt: Verfahren gegen große Digitalkonzerne auf der Basis von § 19a GWB (Stand September 2026) Official register or notice
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31 Mar 2025 Apple Distribution International Limited; Apple Operations International Limited; Apple Inc.Apple: EUR 150 million for abuse in App Tracking Transparency (ATT) €150m
From 26 April 2021 to 25 July 2023, Apple abused its dominant position in the distribution of apps on iOS and iPadOS devices by designing the App Tracking Transparency consent prompt for the use of data for advertising purposes in a discriminatory, non-objective and non-transparent way. In the view of the Autorité de la concurrence (French Competition Authority), the mechanism was neither necessary nor proportionate for protecting privacy: it multiplied the consent windows in third-party apps and disadvantaged small, advertising-funded providers in particular. In addition to the fine of EUR 150 million, Apple must publish a summary of the decision.
Privacy features of a dominant platform must be designed neutrally for its own and third-party offerings; otherwise they become open to challenge under competition law.
Interface between data protection consent and competition law on platforms
- Authority / court
- Autorité de la concurrence
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. L. 420-2 Code de commerce; Art. 102 AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 31 Mar 2025
- Autorité de la concurrence, Décision 25-D-02 du 31 mars 2025 (Entscheidungsseite) Decision of an authority
- Autorité de la concurrence, Décision 25-D-02 (Volltext, PDF) Decision of an authority
- Autorité de la concurrence, Communiqué de presse zu 25-D-02 Press release of an authority
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12 Mar 2025 SK Telecom Co., Ltd., KT Co., Ltd., LG Uplus Co., Ltd.Mobile cartel: SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus jointly steered switching figures €72.1m
According to the KFTC (Korea Fair Trade Commission, Korea's competition authority), the three mobile network operators agreed in November 2015 to balance net gains and losses of new subscribers porting their numbers so that they would not concentrate on one operator, and implemented this until the end of September 2022 by coordinating their sales incentives for dealers with one another; they exchanged the information in a joint market monitoring group with the industry association KAIT. The KFTC issued cease-and-desist orders and provisionally set fines totalling KRW 114,026 million (SK Telecom KRW 42,662 million, KT KRW 33,029 million, LG Uplus KRW 38,334 million).
Self-regulatory bodies must not become a forum in which competitors coordinate customer gains and terms.
Cartel risks in industry bodies and self-regulation
- Authority / court
- Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. 40 Abs. 1 Nr. 3 MRFTA (Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 12 Mar 2025
Original amount 114,026,000,000 KRW, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Mar 2025.
- KFTC press release (EN), 13 Mar 2025: KFTC Sanctions Three Telecommunication Companies for Collusion in Mobile Number Portability New Subscriber Adjustments Press release of an authority
- KFTC-Pressemitteilung (KO), 12.03.2025: 이동통신 3사의 담합행위 제재 Press release of an authority
- KFTC-Pressemitteilung (KO, PDF) mit Bußgeldtabelle je Unternehmen und Rechtsgrundlage Press release of an authority
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19 Feb 2025 Inetum (drei Gesellschaften der Unternehmensgruppe)Portugal: 3.09 million EUR against Inetum for no-poach agreements, upheld by court €3.09m
From 2014 to 2021, the IT consultancy group participated in bilateral agreements not to poach competitors’ employees. The Autoridade da Concorrência (Portuguese Competition Authority, AdC) imposed 3,092,000 EUR on three companies; in March 2026, the Competition, Regulation and Supervision Court (TCRS) upheld the fine in full – the first judicial confirmation of a labour market cartel fine in Portugal.
Agreements not to poach each other’s skilled staff are cartels – HR and managers must be aware of this.
Prohibition of no-poach agreements between competitors
- Authority / court
- Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Lei da Concorrência (Lei n.º 19/2012), Art. 9.º
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 19 Feb 2025
- AdC condena Grupo Inetum por práticas anticoncorrenciais no mercado laboral Press release of an authority
- Tribunal confirma coima da AdC à Inetum por práticas anticoncorrenciais no mercado de trabalho Press release of an authority
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18 Dec 2024 Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Kodeks d.o.o., Retel d.o.o., Vatel d.o.o., LUMISS d.o.o., Mitel Austria GmbHCroatia: 1.17 million EUR against Ericsson Nikola Tesla and five partners for customer allocation €1.17m
From 2010 to 2015, the suppliers of Ericsson/Aastra/Mitel telephone systems (PBX) allocated customers among themselves so as not to undercut each other. The Agencija za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja (Croatian Competition Agency, AZTN) imposed a total of 1,170,968.24 EUR, of which 785,570.58 EUR on Ericsson Nikola Tesla; one leniency applicant (Steiner) was not penalised, and Kodeks received a reduction.
Dealers of the same brand are also competitors – agreements on ‘own’ customers are a hardcore cartel.
No agreements on customer or territorial allocation
- Authority / court
- Agencija za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja (AZTN)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. 8 Zakon o zaštiti tržišnog natjecanja (ZZTN)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Mitigating circumstances
- Leniency programme for two participants
- Published
- 5 Mar 2025
- AZTN utvrdio zabranjeni sporazum šest poduzetnika na tržištu kućnih telefonskih centrala i sustava (PBX) Press release of an authority
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10 Jun 2024 a German network equipment manufacturerBundeskartellamt: almost €16m on network equipment maker for resale price maintenance Fine
The Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) fined a German network equipment manufacturer and one responsible individual a total of almost 16 million EUR for resale price maintenance: the manufacturer's staff coordinated increases in consumer prices for its products with six electronics retailers, in some cases demanded target prices, monitored prices with dedicated software and in some cases threatened supply stops or reduced terms. The case began with an anonymous tip-off to the whistleblowing system and further market information; the decisions are final following a settlement, and no fines were imposed on the retailers.
Target price lists and monitoring of retailers' prices by sales staff are evidence of resale price maintenance; sales teams need clear limits on price management.
Resale price maintenance by sales teams
- Authority / court
- Bundeskartellamt
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Mitigating circumstances
- Expedited settlement.
- Published
- 2 Jul 2024
- Bundeskartellamt, Presse (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
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22 Dec 2023 two Portuguese companies of an international IT consulting groupPortugal: €2.48m for IT consulting companies over no-poach arrangement with software maker €2.48m
The competition authority concluded a settlement procedure with two Portuguese companies of the IT consulting group, imposing a fine of 2,481,000 EUR, because between January 2014 and January 2022 the consulting group and a software maker excluded each other's employees from their recruitment processes for specialists in that maker's software or did not hire them (no-poach). The fine was reduced by 30% in the settlement; the software maker's Portuguese company, a company of an audit and consulting network and later an IT services group were also sanctioned in the same proceedings.
Agreements not to poach each other's staff are cartels and belong in every competition law training for HR.
No-poach agreements between competitors in the labour market
- Authority / court
- Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. 9 Abs. 1 lit. c Lei n.º 19/2012 (Lei da Concorrência); Art. 101 Abs. 1 lit. c AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- Settlement procedure (transação) at the investigation stage with evidence contributed and voluntary payment; 30% reduction.
- Published
- 25 Jan 2024
- AdC, Nachrichten und Mitteilungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 22 Dec 2025 · Direct link
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20 Dec 2023 four companies of a Japanese electronics and entertainment groupConsole maker: EUR 13.527 million for hampering third-party controllers €13.5m
From November 2015 to April 2020, the group abused its dominant position in controllers for its fourth-generation games console: updates disconnected controllers without a licence from the group from the console, while the criteria for the licensing programme remained non-transparent. The Autorité de la concurrence (French Competition Authority) found the measures, justified by the fight against counterfeiting, to be disproportionate and imposed EUR 13,527,000 jointly on four companies of the group.
Technical blocks against third-party accessories must be demonstrably necessary and proportionate, and licensing criteria should be disclosed.
Technical exclusion measures and non-transparent licensing programmes
- Authority / court
- Autorité de la concurrence
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. L. 420-2 Code de commerce; Art. 102 AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 20 Dec 2023
- Autorité de la concurrence, Liste des décisions et avis (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Enforcement database of an authority
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20 Dec 2023 a Polish security technology supplier and three distributorsSecurity tech supplier and distributors: PLN 32.5m for price fixing and customer allocation €7.5m
UOKiK found that a security technology supplier and its distributors fixed prices for products of its brand (video surveillance, access control, accessories) and allocated sales to customers among the distributors. The fines on the limited companies total PLN 32,538,257.41 (the supplier 22,191,472.31, three distributors 6,716,275.63, 1,880,340.62 and 1,750,168.85 PLN). Fines on natural persons are not included in the amount. The decision is not final.
Allocating end-customer deals to individual distributors is prohibited just as much as prescribing resale prices.
Resale price maintenance and customer allocation in distribution
- Authority / court
- Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów (UOKiK)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. 6 Abs. 1 Nr. 1 und 3 ustawa o ochronie konkurencji i konsumentów; Art. 101 Abs. 1 lit. a und c AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
Original amount 32,538,257.41 PLN, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Dec 2023.
- UOKiK, Entscheidungen des Präsidenten (Datenbank) (Entscheidung 2023) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 20 Dec 2025 · Direct link