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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 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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per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | €36m |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2025 | 0 | – |
| 2026 | 3 | – |
6 cases
24 Sep 2026 Kalibrate Canada (Tochter der Kalibrate Technologies Ltd.)Canada: Kalibrate must stop sharing retailer-specific petrol station data Order
Kalibrate's "Market Intelligence" product passed on retailer-specific sales data from petrol stations that allowed conclusions to be drawn about competitors and could facilitate coordinated pricing behaviour. In an agreement registered with the Competition Tribunal, Kalibrate undertakes to supply only aggregated and time-delayed data – the first case under the reformed abuse of dominance rules.
Providers of market and price data must ensure that their products do not disseminate individualised competitor data.
- Authority / court
- Competition Bureau Canada (Consent Agreement beim Competition Tribunal)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Abuse-of-dominance-Bestimmungen des Competition Act (Fassung 2023)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 24 Sep 2026
- Competition Bureau secures agreement with Kalibrate to protect competition in the retail gas industry Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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22 Sep 2026 Empire Company LimitedSobeys parent Empire: consent agreement on property controls in grocery retail Order
Empire Company Limited, parent company of grocery banners such as Sobeys, Farm Boy, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Marché Bonichoix and Les Marchés Tradition, reached an agreement with the Competition Bureau on its use of property controls in the Canadian grocery sector. The Commissioner of Competition filed it with the Competition Tribunal as a registered consent agreement on 22 September 2026. In June 2026 the Bureau had obtained court orders to advance its investigation into these property controls.
Use and exclusivity restrictions on property can be challenged under competition law where they make it harder for competitors to access sites.
- Authority / court
- Competition Bureau Canada (Consent Agreement, registriert beim Competition Tribunal)
- Area of law
- Competition law
- Legal basis
- Competition Act; beim Competition Tribunal registriertes Consent Agreement (Paragraf in den zugänglichen Quellen nicht genannt)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 22 Sep 2026
- Competition Tribunal: Empire Company Limited – Registered Consent Agreement (eingereicht 22.09.2026) Official register or notice
- Competition Bureau: Competition Bureau reaches agreement with Sobeys' parent company Empire to address grocery property controls (22.09.2026) Press release of an authority
- Competition Bureau: Backgrounder – agreement with Empire on grocery property controls (22.09.2026) Press release of an authority
- Competition Bureau: Competition Bureau advances investigation into Sobeys' use of property controls across Canada (22.06.2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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22 May 2026 Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited; GrainsConnect Canada Operations Inc.Canada: grain elevator must be sold in the takeover of GrainsConnect Order
The planned acquisition of GrainsConnect by Parrish & Heimbecker would have reduced competition for the purchase of wheat from farmers around Reford (Saskatchewan). The Competition Bureau reached an agreement under which P&H must divest the grain elevator in Reford to an approved buyer and continue to operate it normally until then.
Merger control also has local effects: even a single site can trigger a divestiture requirement.
- Authority / court
- Competition Bureau Canada (Consent Agreement beim Competition Tribunal)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Merger control
- Legal basis
- Competition Act (Kanada), Fusionskontrolle
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Published
- 22 May 2026
- Competition Bureau reaches agreement to protect competition for grain farmers in Saskatchewan Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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17 Aug 2023 two Japanese shipping linesCanada: fines against two Japanese shipping lines over collusion in vehicle shipping €1.33m
The shipping lines coordinated increases in freight rates charged to carmakers for ro-ro vehicle transport to Canada; the second shipping line also rigged bids in a carmaker's tender. The first shipping line is paying 1.5 million CAD, the second 460,000 CAD.
International cartels are prosecuted in several countries one after another – a single infringement triggers proceedings in every jurisdiction affected.
Agreements on freight rates and tenders
- Authority / court
- Competition Bureau Canada / Ontario Superior Court
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Competition Act (Kanada), Conspiracy- und Bid-Rigging-Tatbestände
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea and cooperation
- Published
- 17 Aug 2023
Original amount 1,960,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Aug 2023.
- Competition Bureau Canada, Meldungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 17 Aug 2025 · Direct link
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21 Jun 2023 a Canadian industrial bakeryCanada: record fine of 50 million CAD against industrial bakery over bread price fixing €34.6m
The bakery pleaded guilty to having jointly raised wholesale prices for packaged bread, rolls and hot dog buns with a competitor in 2007 and 2011. The court imposed a fine of 50 million CAD – the highest fine for price fixing in Canada to date.
Price fixing for staple foods is prosecuted as a criminal offence – even years later and with record fines.
Coordinated price increases with competitors
- Authority / court
- Competition Bureau Canada / Ontario Superior Court
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Competition Act (Kanada), Preisabsprache (vier Anklagepunkte)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Mitigating circumstances
- Cooperation under the leniency programme
- Published
- 21 Jun 2023
Original amount 50,000,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 21 Jun 2023.
- Competition Bureau Canada, Meldungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 21 Jun 2025 · Direct link
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3 Mar 2023 a Canadian provider of waste services for the oil and gas industryCompetition Tribunal: waste services firm must sell 29 facilities after buying a competitor Order
On 3 March 2023 the Competition Tribunal partly granted the competition authority's application against a Canadian waste services provider's completed acquisition of a competitor and ordered divestitures. The two companies were competitors in waste services for the oil and gas industry in Western Canada, and the acquirer had relied on the efficiencies defence in the competition statute. The court of appeal dismissed the appeal on 1 August 2023 and the supreme court refused leave to appeal on 22 February 2024; in February 2024 the competition authority approved a buyer for 29 of the acquirer's facilities.
Even a completed merger can later lead to divestitures; relying on efficiency gains does not automatically protect against this.
- Authority / court
- Competition Tribunal (auf Antrag des Commissioner of Competition / Competition Bureau Canada)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Merger control
- Legal basis
- Competition Act, Fusionskontrolle (Veräußerungsanordnung wegen erheblicher Minderung des Wettbewerbs in regionalen Märkten); Effizienzeinrede nach s. 96(1) geltend gemacht
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 7 Mar 2023
- Competition Tribunal, Entscheidungsübersichten (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 3 Mar 2025 · Direct link