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Who was sanctioned, and for what?
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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Where?
by countryWhat for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
- Competition law €236.5m 76 % · 21 cases
- Bribery and corruption €62.3m 20 % · 5 cases
- Capital markets and financial supervision €8.3m 3 % · 3 cases
- Consumer protection and online retail €3.6m 1 % · 2 cases
- Health and safety and employment law €1.42m 0 % · 2 cases
- Data protection €269,275 0 % · 7 cases
- Information security and cyber €1,135 0 % · 1 case
- Money laundering and terrorist financing €800 0 % · 1 case
Who?
by company- Anonymised companies €171.4m 55 % · 13 cases
- AS Asphaltstraßensanierung GmbH, BITUNOVA GmbH, Kutter Spezialstraßenbau GmbH & Co. KG, Possehl Construction GmbH (inkl. VSI), Liesen…alles für den Bau GmbH, OAT GmbH/Otto Alte-Teigeler GmbH €60.3m 19 % · 1 case
- Colas Rail Asia Sdn Bhd (Colas-Gruppe) €29.7m 10 % · 1 case
- AS Asphaltstraßensanierung, BITUNOVA, Mainka u. a. (Straßenerhaltungskartell, 7 Unternehmen) €10.5m 3 % · 1 case
- Strukton Civiel Projecten B.V. und Strukton International B.V. (Strukton-Gruppe) €10m 3 % · 1 case
- Decora S.A., Bel-Pol sp. z o.o. €7.9m 3 % · 1 case
- Retta Isännöinti Oy (Retta-Gruppe), Oulun Kiinteistötieto Oy, REIM Group Oy Ltd u. a. (Verband und 11 Gesellschaften) €6.56m 2 % · 1 case
- ATE, s. r. o.; AŽD Praha s.r.o.; EPLcond a.s.; MONZAS, a.s.; První SaZ Plzeň a.s.; STARMON s.r.o. €6.39m 2 % · 1 case
- Alquiler Seguro, S.A.U. €3.6m 1 % · 1 case
- Strabag AG (Köln); Kemna Bau Andreae GmbH & Co. KG als Kronzeuge ohne Bußgeld €2.79m 1 % · 1 case
- 12 more€2.46m
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | €26.4m |
| 2023 | 7 | €65.3m |
| 2024 | 10 | €82.8m |
| 2025 | 9 | €24.9m |
| 2026 | 12 | €113.1m |
42 cases
13 Aug 2026 „О-Рент“ ЕООД (sowie „Инжконсулт“ ЕООД und „Земекоп“ ЕООД)Construction machinery cartel: fine for O-Rent, compliance programme for all participants €2,403
The Комисия за защита на конкуренцията (Bulgarian Commission for the Protection of Competition, KZK) found a cartel in public tenders for mining and construction machinery (price fixing and market sharing, Art. 15 ZZK – Bulgarian Protection of Competition Act, Art. 101 TFEU). Inzhkonsult and Zemekop, as a single undertaking, were exempted from the fine; O-Rent received a sanction of 2,403.07 EUR. All three companies must introduce a competition law compliance programme within 60 days and report on it.
The authority now expressly requires compliance programmes – anyone bidding in tenders should have one before it is ordered.
Competition law in tenders; compliance programme
- Authority / court
- Комисия за защита на конкуренцията (КЗК, Bulgarische Wettbewerbskommission)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. 15 Abs. 1 Nr. 1 und 2 ZZK; Art. 101 Abs. 1 lit. a und c AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Mitigating circumstances
- Immunity from fines for two participants (leniency programme)
- Published
- 20 Aug 2026
- КЗК Публичен електронен регистър – Производство (Решение № 797 от 13.08.2026; Volltext als PDF im Register) Official register or notice
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6 Aug 2026 AS Asphaltstraßensanierung GmbH, BITUNOVA GmbH, Kutter Spezialstraßenbau GmbH & Co. KG, Possehl Construction GmbH (inkl. VSI), Liesen…alles für den Bau GmbH, OAT GmbH/Otto Alte-Teigeler GmbHBundeskartellamt: 60.3 million EUR against DSK road repair cartel €60.3m
From around 2010 to September 2019, six suppliers of thin cold-laid asphalt surface layers (Dünne Asphaltdeckschichten in Kaltbauweise, DSK) allocated customers – primarily public contracting authorities – and contracts among themselves nationwide and coordinated prices. Germany's Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) imposed fines of around 60.3 million EUR; all proceedings ended in settlements.
Anyone who "shares out" public contracts regionally risks fines running into millions – calculations and bids must always be prepared independently.
Customer allocation and bid rigging in public contracts
- Authority / court
- Bundeskartellamt
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- § 1 GWB, Art. 101 AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Mitigating circumstances
- Leniency bonus for Possehl/VSI, Bitunova, Kutter and AS; settlement
- Published
- 6 Aug 2026
- Bußgelder wegen Kartellabsprachen im Bereich Straßenreparatur mit DSK Press release of an authority
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31 Jul 2026 Whitemountain Quarries Limited€1.2m fine for Whitemountain Quarries after fatal roadworks incident €1.2m
At roadworks on the R238 in Donegal in August 2020, one wheel of a car dropped onto the unfinished hard shoulder; when the driver steered back, the car slid on the freshly laid surface and went into Lough Foyle; three occupants drowned and one was injured, and appropriate temporary traffic management was lacking. The company pleaded guilty to breaching its duties towards non-employees under s. 12 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and was fined €1,200,000.
Employers at roadworks in public spaces are also liable for the safety of third parties; signage and guidance measures must remain adequate until the works are finished.
- Authority / court
- Letterkenny Circuit Criminal Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Authority)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- s. 12 i. V. m. s. 77(9)(a) Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Published
- 31 Jul 2026
- HSA: Whitemountain Quarries Limited fined €1.2 million after fatal roadworks incident claimed three lives (31.07.2026) Press release of an authority
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9 Jun 2026 Deutsche Wohnen SELG Berlin I confirms GDPR infringement by Deutsche Wohnen through tenant archive without deletion function Fine
In 2019, the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BlnBDI) had imposed 14.5 million EUR on the housing group because tenant data such as salary statements, bank statements and social security data were held in an archive system with no means of deletion. Following the 2023 CJEU judgment on direct corporate liability, the Berlin Regional Court (Landgericht Berlin I) confirmed on 9 June 2026 infringements of data minimisation and storage limitation; the press release does not state the amount of the fine set by the court.
Ensure that archive and filing systems can technically implement deletion periods from the outset – ‘privacy by design’ is subject to fines.
- Authority / court
- Landgericht Berlin I (Bußgeldbehörde: Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data breaches and data security
- Legal basis
- Art. 5, Art. 25 Abs. 1 DSGVO
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Liability of senior managers
- According to the CJEU (C-807/21), a breach of duty by a person in a management position need not be proven for the corporate fine.
- Published
- 10 Jun 2026
- Landgericht Berlin bestätigt Verstoß der Deutsche Wohnen SE gegen die DSGVO Press release of an authority
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28 May 2026 Timmerhuis Weg & Waterbouw B.V., Bouwhuis Aannemingsmaatschappij „Bouwmij“ B.V., Aannemingsmaatschappij Van Gelder B.V.ACM: cartel fines on construction firms for bid rigging in an Ommen tender €45,500
In September 2024 three construction companies coordinated their bid prices and decided the winner in a civil engineering tender of the municipality of Ommen, which was awarded for 153,250 EUR. Because of earlier cartel infringements by the companies or their legal predecessors established in 2005, the ACM (Autoriteit Consument & Markt, Dutch competition and consumer authority) increased the fines by 20%. In the simplified procedure it imposed allegedly 30,000 EUR on Timmerhuis and allegedly 15,500 EUR on Bouwhuis (45,500 EUR in total); Van Gelder, as first leniency applicant, was not fined.
Bids in procurement procedures must be prepared independently; even agreeing the winner of a small municipal contract is sanctioned.
Bid rigging in public tenders
- Authority / court
- Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. 6 Abs. 1 Mededingingswet
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Repeat case
- yes
- Mitigating circumstances
- For cooperating in the simplified procedure, the ACM reduced the fines of Bouwhuis and Timmerhuis by 15%, and that of Timmerhuis by a further 5% for evidence provided voluntarily; Van Gelder, as first applicant, received full leniency immunity.
- Published
- 2 Jun 2026
- ACM – Boetebesluit vervalsing GWW-aanbesteding (Beslisdatum 28-05-2026) Decision of an authority
- ACM – Boetebesluit vervalsing GWW-aanbesteding gemeente Ommen Decision of an authority
- ACM – ACM legt kartelboetes op voor vervalsing GWW-aanbesteding (02-06-2026) Press release of an authority
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4 May 2026 Decora S.A., Bel-Pol sp. z o.o.Decora and Bel-Pol: PLN 33.6m for price and territory agreements on flooring accessories €7.9m
The manufacturer Decora and the wholesaler Bel-Pol had coordinated prices for vinyl panels, underlays, skirting boards and floor profiles from Decora's range and divided the wholesale market for these products. UOKiK imposed fines of PLN 28,344,000 on Decora and PLN 5,290,000 on Bel-Pol, PLN 33,634,000 in total. The decision is not final.
Vertical agreements on prices and territories in wholesale are hardcore restrictions.
Price and territory agreements between manufacturer and wholesaler
- 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; Art. 106 Abs. 1 Nr. 1 und 2, Art. 113c und Art. 89a ustawa o ochronie konkurencji i konsumentów
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Mitigating circumstances
- As a leniency applicant, Bel-Pol received a 50% reduction of its fine and a further 10% for voluntarily accepting the fine (settlement).
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
Original amount 33,634,000 PLN, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 May 2026.
- UOKiK-Entscheidungsdatenbank: Decyzja DOK-2/2026 (Decora S.A., Bel-Pol sp. z o.o.) Enforcement database of an authority
- Decyzja nr DOK-2/2026 vom 04.05.2026 (öffentliche Fassung) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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8 Apr 2026 Alquiler Seguro, S.A.U.Consumer ministry: €3.6m fine on Alquiler Seguro over charges imposed on tenants €3.6m
The Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030 (Spanish Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda) imposed fines totalling 3,600,902 EUR (1,000,000, 990,900, three times 500,000, 100,001 and 10,001 EUR) on the rental agency Alquiler Seguro for six very serious and one serious breach of tenants' consumer rights. Among other things, the company had required tenants to pay for a tenant service as management and contract costs, to take out home insurance for the landlord's benefit and to bear debt collection and court costs, used a clause allowing reporting to debtor registers and excluded the right of withdrawal. The clauses must be removed and the sanction published.
Agents must not pass management and signing costs on to tenants through mandatory services or add-on contracts; standard clauses in tenancy agreements should be reviewed regularly.
Unfair terms and charges in tenancy agreements
- Authority / court
- Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail
- Legal basis
- Verbraucherschutzrecht (in der Pressemitteilung nicht einzeln zitiert); Ley 12/2023, de 24 de mayo, por el derecho a la vivienda (Verbot, Verwaltungs- und Vertragskosten auf Mieter abzuwälzen)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Published
- 8 Apr 2026
- Consumo multa con 3,6 millones de euros a Alquiler Seguro por prácticas abusivas contra sus inquilinos (08.04.2026) Press release of an authority
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7 Apr 2026 Wspólnota Mieszkaniowa K. (Wohnungseigentümergemeinschaft, im Bescheid pseudonymisiert)Homeowners’ association: 4,852 PLN – misdirected statement not notified €1,135
Acting as processor, the property management company sent an owner’s statement of service charges to an unauthorised person. The association considered notification unnecessary because only ‘ordinary’ data of one member were affected, and maintained this position in the proceedings; the UODO (Poland’s data protection authority) imposed 4,852 PLN.
Small controllers must also assess and notify data breaches by their service providers – ‘only one data subject’ is no ground for exemption.
Recognising misdirected mail as a data breach – including at service providers
- Authority / court
- Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych (UODO)
- Area of law
- Information security and cyber · Incident reporting obligations
- Legal basis
- Art. 33 Abs. 1 DSGVO
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
Original amount 4,852 PLN, converted at the ECB reference rate of 7 Apr 2026.
- UODO, Decyzja DKN.5131.16.2025 vom 07.04.2026 (rechtskräftig) Decision of an authority
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19 Mar 2026 Colas Rail Asia Sdn Bhd (Colas-Gruppe)Colas Rail Asia: CJIP of 29.7 million EUR over bribery in metro contracts in Malaysia €29.7m
The Malaysian subsidiary of Colas Rail paid large, undocumented sums via intermediaries in connection with public contracts for urban rail lines in Kuala Lumpur (Kelana Jaya extension, MRT2). Following an internal investigation, Colas Rail self-reported the matter in 2017; the CJIP (Convention judiciaire d'intérêt public, a French deferred prosecution agreement) provides for a public interest fine of 29,745,974 EUR and a three-year compliance programme monitored by the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) (costs of up to 1.9 million EUR).
Undocumented payments to intermediaries on foreign projects must be stopped early by the finance and compliance functions – self-reporting after an internal investigation is rewarded.
Intermediaries and consultants in public tenders
- Authority / court
- Parquet national financier (PNF); Validierung durch den Präsidenten des Tribunal judiciaire de Paris
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Art. 41-1-2 Code de procédure pénale (CJIP); Bestechung ausländischer Amtsträger
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- Self-report (criminal complaint filed by Colas Rail on 31 May 2017) following an internal forensic investigation.
- Liability of senior managers
- The CJIP does not address the criminal liability of natural persons.
- Published
- 19 Mar 2026
- Communiqué de presse du procureur de la République financier – CJIP COLAS RAIL ASIA Press release of an authority
- Convention judiciaire d'intérêt public – COLAS RAIL ASIA (17.03.2026) Decision of an authority
- Ministère de la Justice: Conventions judiciaires d'intérêt public (Verzeichnis) Official register or notice
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19 Feb 2026 AZOP: 100,000 EUR against estate agent over ID copies and old files €100,000
An estate agency (name not published) kept 11,887 brokerage contracts from 2010 to 2019, together with 914 copies of identity cards, passports and bank cards, without a legal basis, although the managing director stated that no card copies were collected. The Croatian data protection authority (Agencija za zaštitu osobnih podataka, AZOP) also criticised irregular and inadequate data protection training for employees and imposed 100,000 EUR (date of publication; exact date of the decision not stated).
Make copies of identity documents and cards only with a legal basis, destroy old files on time and train employees regularly.
Data minimisation for ID copies, retention periods
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Agencija za zaštitu osobnih podataka (AZOP)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data subject rights and transparency
- Legal basis
- Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. c und e, Art. 6 Abs. 1, Art. 32 Abs. 4 DSGVO
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Culpability
- negligent
- Mitigating circumstances
- No damage to data subjects was found.
- Published
- 19 Feb 2026
- Agenciji za nekretnine izrečena kazna u iznosu od 100.000,00 eura Press release of an authority
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10 Feb 2026 Strukton Civiel Projecten B.V. und Strukton International B.V. (Strukton-Gruppe)Construction group Strukton pays 10 million EUR out-of-court settlement over bribery on the Riyadh Metro €10m
To secure a share in the Riyadh Metro project, around 31 million USD was paid between 2013 and 2021 to an agent representing a high-ranking member of the Saudi royal family; the agent payments were understated to the export credit insurer Atradius. Strukton accepted a transaction (out-of-court settlement) of 10 million EUR.
Commissions to agents with ties to ruling families carry the highest risk – and false statements to export credit insurers constitute a second offence.
Agent commissions and false statements to export credit insurers
- Authority / court
- Openbaar Ministerie (OM)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Buitenlandse ambtelijke omkoping und valsheid in geschrift (Wetboek van Strafrecht); Transactie nach Art. 74 Sr
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- Cooperation from mid-2023; compliance programme in place since 2017; the employees involved are no longer with the company.
- Published
- 30 Mar 2026
- Strukton betaalt hoge transactie van 10 miljoen euro na corruptieonderzoek Press release of an authority
- OM Functioneel Parket: Transactieovereenkomst Calisto (10.02.2026) Decision of an authority
- College van procureurs-generaal: Beslissing hoge transactie onderzoek Calisto (09.02.2026) Decision of an authority
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9 Jan 2026 Bulgarian construction subcontractor: 215,000 EUR for paying below the minimum wage €215,000
A Bulgarian construction company that worked as a subcontractor for a German firm on a major construction site in the district of Tuttlingen between January and May 2023 paid below the minimum wage, recorded only the duration of working time rather than its start and end, and did not register the posting. Around 215,000 EUR was imposed on the company, corresponding to the economic benefit obtained by paying below the minimum wage; the decision issued in September 2025 has been final since the end of 2025 (date = publication; exact date of the decision not specified).
General contractors should actively check the minimum wage, working time records and posting notifications of their foreign subcontractors; the economic benefit is disgorged in full.
- Authority / court
- Hauptzollamt Singen (Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Mindestlohngesetz; Arbeitnehmer-Entsendegesetz (Aufzeichnungs- und Meldepflichten)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Published
- 9 Jan 2026
- Zeit, Geld, Meldepflicht – Zoll ahndet Verstöße mit sechsstelligem Bußgeld (Hauptzollamt Singen) Press release of an authority
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27 Oct 2025 SINOP ALFA, s.r.o.SINOP ALFA: 70,000 EUR for refusing to hand over business mobile phone during inspection €70,000
During an unannounced inspection in the air-conditioning, refrigeration and heat pump services sector, the company repeatedly refused to produce a mobile phone used for business purposes. The Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky (Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic, PMÚ SR) regarded this as obstruction of the inspection and imposed 70,000 EUR, around 1% of the previous year’s turnover (not final).
Business smartphones are part of the documents that may be inspected – a dawn raid guide for employees prevents costly wrong reactions.
Conduct during inspections (dawn raids), handing over mobile devices
- Authority / court
- Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky (PMÚ SR)
- Area of law
- Competition law
- Legal basis
- Slowakisches Wettbewerbsschutzgesetz (Mitwirkungspflicht bei Nachprüfungen)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 28 Oct 2025
- KARTELY: PMÚ uložil pokutu za nespoluprácu počas inšpekcie Press release of an authority
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30 Sep 2025 Bauunternehmung Pusiol GmbHConstruction cartel: €130,000 on civil engineering firm Pusiol, losses considered €130,000
The Kartellgericht (Cartel Court) fined Bauunternehmung Pusiol GmbH, a subsidiary of Steiner Baugesellschaft m.b.H., allegedly 130,000 EUR for taking part in the construction cartel in Lower Austria from July 2002 to August 2016 (price fixing, market sharing and information exchange in civil engineering tenders). The BWB (Federal Competition Authority) set the fine lower because of the company's limited financial capacity, as it reported annual losses in 2023 and 2024; the company gave a full acknowledgement.
Collusion from long ago is still punished; a strained financial position can reduce the fine but cannot avert it.
Bid rigging in tenders
- Authority / court
- Oberlandesgericht Wien als Kartellgericht (Antrag der Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- § 1 Abs. 1 KartG und Art. 101 Abs. 1 AEUV; § 29 Abs. 1 Z 1 lit. a und d KartG
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Limited financial capacity (losses in 2023 and 2024); full acknowledgement.
- Published
- 4 Mar 2026
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1 Sep 2025 SIA "SILTUMTEHSERVISS", SIA "Apkure IM", SIA "ADAPTERIS", SIA "Alpex", SIA "Infrakom"Bid-rigging cartel in pipeline construction contracts – five construction firms pay 513,508 EUR €513,508
From 2021 to 2024, two groups of construction companies coordinated in more than 30 public tenders for the construction and repair of utility pipelines: they exchanged sensitive information, determined winners and submitted sham bids. Prompted by information from the contracting entity Rīgas namu pārvaldnieks, the Konkurences padome (Latvian Competition Council) imposed a total of 513,508.08 EUR.
Jointly preparing bids with competitors – even where the work is later carried out jointly – is a cartel; tender teams must know this.
Competition law in tenders
- Authority / court
- Konkurences padome (Lettischer Wettbewerbsrat)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. 11 Abs. 1 Konkurences likums
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Mitigating circumstances
- All companies except Infrakom concluded a settlement with the Competition Council, acknowledged the facts and waived an appeal; in return, a 10% fine reduction.
- Published
- 10 Sep 2025
- KP atklāj karteli inženierkomunikāciju būvdarbu iepirkumos (10.09.2025) Press release of an authority
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9 Jul 2025 Share buyback disclosed too late: BVwG reduces FMA penalty against real estate company €300,000
On Saturday, 17 December 2022, the management board of a listed real estate company (anonymised in the judgment) approved by email a new share buyback programme including its volume, period and price, but only published it after a formal resolution on Monday, 19 December 2022. Austria's Financial Market Authority (FMA) imposed a penalty of 375,000 EUR; the Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht, BVwG) upheld the breach of the ad hoc disclosure obligation but reduced the penalty to 300,000 EUR.
A final decision by a corporate body triggers the ad hoc disclosure obligation immediately – weekends and outstanding contractual details do not postpone it.
Ad hoc disclosure obligation for decisions of corporate bodies, including at weekends
- Authority / court
- Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Beschwerde gegen Straferkenntnis der Finanzmarktaufsicht FMA)
- Area of law
- Capital markets and financial supervision · Disclosure and reporting obligations
- Legal basis
- Art. 17 Abs. 1 MAR i. V. m. § 156 Abs. 3 Z 2, Abs. 4 BörseG 2018
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- reduced
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Culpability
- negligent
- BVwG W279 2310813-1 vom 09.07.2025 Court decision
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2 Jul 2025 ATE, s. r. o.; AŽD Praha s.r.o.; EPLcond a.s.; MONZAS, a.s.; První SaZ Plzeň a.s.; STARMON s.r.o.Railway signalling: 157.7 million CZK against six companies for bid rigging €6.39m
The six companies colluded on cover bids, market sharing and prices in 26 contracts awarded by the state railway infrastructure administration (total value over 850 million CZK, 2015–2021). In a settlement procedure, the Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže (Czech Office for the Protection of Competition, ÚOHS) imposed a total of 157.693 million CZK at first instance; two companies appealed against the amount.
A cover bid submitted ‘as a favour’ is bid rigging – sales and costing teams must be aware of this.
Cover bids and collusion in public tenders
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže (ÚOHS)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Tschechisches Wettbewerbsgesetz, Art. 101 AEUV (Submissionsabsprachen)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- Settlement (20% reduction, no procurement ban), leniency application by one participant and compliance programmes at two companies.
- Published
- 2 Jul 2025
Original amount 157,693,000 CZK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 2 Jul 2025.
- Office Fines Major Cartel in Railway Construction Sector More Than CZK 150 million Press release of an authority
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26 Jun 2025 Retta Isännöinti Oy (Retta-Gruppe), Oulun Kiinteistötieto Oy, REIM Group Oy Ltd u. a. (Verband und 11 Gesellschaften)Finnish property management cartel: Supreme Administrative Court raises fines to EUR 6.558m €6.56m
The Korkein hallinto-oikeus (Supreme Administrative Court of Finland) found that the association Suomen Isännöintiliitto ry and six property management companies or groups had unlawfully cooperated on price increases in 2014–2017, and raised the fines imposed by the Markkinaoikeus (Market Court) in December 2022 from a total of 4.93 million EUR to 6,558,000 EUR. Breakdown: Retta Isännöinti Oy, Retta Oy, Retta Group Oy and Retta Holding Oy 4,000,000 EUR; Oulun Kiinteistötieto Oy and Suomen Kiinteistöhallinta Oy 900,000 EUR; REIM Hämeenlinna Oy and REIM Group Oy Ltd 750,000 EUR; Colliers Finland Group Oy and Retta Isännöinti Oy 700,000 EUR; OP Koti Kainuu Oy 75,000 EUR; Suomen Isännöintiliitto ry 73,000 EUR; Kiinteistö-Tahkola Tampere Oy 60,000 EUR. The authority had originally sought 22 million EUR.
Trade associations must not circulate price recommendations, and competitors should never discuss their own prices in association bodies.
Price discussions and price recommendations in trade associations
- Authority / court
- Korkein hallinto-oikeus (KHO) auf Antrag des Kilpailu- ja kuluttajavirasto (KKV)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Kilpailulaki (948/2011) 5 § und 12 §
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Published
- 26 Jun 2025
- KKV: Korkein hallinto-oikeus määräsi Isännöintiliitolle ja alan yrityksille 6,56 miljoonan euron sakot (26.06.2025) Press release of an authority
- Korkein hallinto-oikeus, päätös 26.6.2025, taltionumero 1486 (ECLI:FI:KHO:2025:T1486) Court decision
- KHO 26.6.2025/1486 – Kilpailuasiaa koskevat valitukset (hintayhteistyö isännöintialalla) Court decision
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5 Jun 2025 MAGEBA Gesellschaft m.b.H.; Maurer SE, Maurer Söhne Ges. mbH (nur Feststellung)Bridge component suppliers: €400,000 fine on MAGEBA, leniency applicant Maurer not fined €400,000
The Kartellgericht (Cartel Court) fined MAGEBA Gesellschaft m.b.H. 400,000 EUR because, from November 2017 to December 2018, it shared customers for road expansion joints and bridge bearings in Austria with a competitor and exchanged information on pricing behaviour. Against Maurer SE and Maurer Söhne Ges. mbH the court merely declared the infringement because of their leniency status. A compliance system introduced in the course of cooperation was taken into account in mitigation, and intent in a hardcore restriction as an aggravating factor.
The first to report a cartel can escape a fine entirely, while those who wait pay; this argues for internal reporting channels and quick decisions on a leniency application.
Customer allocation and the leniency programme
- Authority / court
- Oberlandesgericht Wien als Kartellgericht (Antrag der Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- § 1 Abs. 1 KartG; § 29 Abs. 1 Z 1 lit. a KartG; § 28 Abs. 1 und 1a Z 1 KartG (Feststellung gegenüber Kronzeugin)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Culpability
- intentional
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Only five projects over about 13 months, no enrichment established, low-level information exchange, the group's economic difficulties, compliance system introduced in the course of cooperation.
- Published
- 18 Nov 2025
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13 May 2025 AS Asphaltstraßensanierung, BITUNOVA, Mainka u. a. (Straßenerhaltungskartell, 7 Unternehmen)Bundeskartellamt: 10.5 million EUR against seven road repair companies €10.5m
From 2016 to 2019, seven road repair companies allocated contracting authorities regionally, determined in advance who should win the contract and set each other minimum prices for cover bids. The Bundeskartellamt imposed fines of 10.5 million EUR; BITUNOVA cooperated as leniency applicant, and all proceedings ended in settlements. Addressees: AS Asphaltstraßensanierung GmbH, bausion Strassenbau-Produkte GmbH, BITUNOVA GmbH, Gerhard Herbers GmbH, Liesen … alles für den Bau GmbH, Mainka GmbH Straßenunterhaltung, MOT Müritzer Oberflächentechnik GmbH.
Cover bids are not only subject to fines but, for the employees involved, a criminal offence of bid rigging.
Cover bids and territorial agreements in tenders
- Authority / court
- Bundeskartellamt
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- § 1 GWB
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Mitigating circumstances
- Leniency programme (BITUNOVA), settlement
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 13 May 2025
- Kartellabsprachen zwischen Straßenreparatur-Unternehmen Press release of an authority
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