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by authority- Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE), Tribunal Administrativo 2 cases 100 % · €7.92m
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per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | €7.15m |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | €773,398 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2026 | 0 | – |
2 cases
28 Apr 2025 Bayer S.A.Bayer pays 5 million BRL in CADE settlement over information exchange among employers €773,398
Bayer S.A. concluded a settlement (Termo de Compromisso de Cessação) with the Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE, Brazilian competition authority) in proceedings concerning the exchange of competitively sensitive information between employers in the consumer goods sector with possible effects on the Brazilian labour market. The company admitted its participation, undertook to cease the conduct and to cooperate with the investigation, and allegedly pays 5,003,188.80 BRL to the Fund for Diffuse Rights (FDD). In the same proceedings, 3M do Brasil concluded a separate settlement of allegedly 4,454,414.82 BRL. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.
Exchanging sensitive HR and labour market information between competing employers also carries competition law risk.
Competition law in HR: information exchange between employers
- Authority / court
- Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE), Tribunal Administrativo
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 12.529/2011 (Lei de Defesa da Concorrência), Termo de Compromisso de Cessação
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 6 May 2025
Original amount 5,003,188.8 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 28 Apr 2025.
- CADE – Cade celebra seis acordos em investigações de condutas anticompetitivas (06.05.2025) Press release of an authority
- Diário Oficial da União, 06.05.2025 – CADE Ata nº 8/2025 (Circuito Deliberativo Virtual), Processo nº 08700.007344/2024-40 (Bayer S.A.) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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11 Dec 2024 Hipolabor Farmacêutica Ltda., Sanval Comércio e Indústria Ltda., Comercial Cirúrgica Rioclarense Ltda. u. a. (5 Unternehmen)CADE: hub-and-spoke cartel in medicines – BRL 45.3m on five companies €7.15m
The CADE Tribunal convicted five companies of a cartel in public tenders for medicines and in private pharmaceutical sales which, according to CADE, operated at least from 2007 to 2011 in states including Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Bahia and Pernambuco; besides direct price-fixing between manufacturers, some manufacturers facilitated collusion between distributors (hub-and-spoke cartel). The fines on the companies total 45,328,574.05 BRL (Hipolabor Farmacêutica 15,741,025.02; Sanval 12,191,091.60; Comercial Cirúrgica Rioclarense 11,952,437.72; Rhamis Distribuidora Farmacêutica 3,585,615.18; Macromed 1,858,404.53 BRL). Proceedings against several other parties were closed for lack of evidence or because settlements had been fulfilled. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.
Manufacturers must neither organise nor facilitate price coordination between their distributors; acting as the "hub" is itself a cartel infringement.
Hub-and-spoke collusion between manufacturers and distributors in tenders
- Authority / court
- Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE), Tribunal Administrativo
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. 20 I–IV i. V. m. Art. 21 I, II, III, VIII Lei nº 8.884/1994, entsprechend Art. 36 I–IV, § 3 I a, c, d Lei nº 12.529/2011; Bemessung nach Art. 37 Lei nº 12.529/2011
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 12 Dec 2024
Original amount 45,328,574.05 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Dec 2024.
- Diário Oficial da União, 18.12.2024, Seção 1, S. 92: Ata da 241ª Sessão Ordinária de Julgamento (11.12.2024), PA nº 08012.002222/2011-09 Official register or notice
- CADE, 12.12.2024: Tribunal do Cade condena cartel no setor de medicamentos Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link