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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 718 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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€12.7mTotal of monetary amounts
€12.7mMedian per case with an amount

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Where?

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  1. Autorité de la concurrence €12.7m 100 % · 1 case

What for?

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  1. Competition law €12.7m 100 % · 1 case

Who?

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  1. Synadis Bio, Greenweez (mit Carrefour SA), ITM Entreprises (mit Les Mousquetaires), Les Comptoirs de la Bio €12.7m 100 % · 1 case

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1 case

16 Apr 2026 Synadis Bio, Greenweez (mit Carrefour SA), ITM Entreprises (mit Les Mousquetaires), Les Comptoirs de la BioFrance: 12.67 million EUR over allocation of distribution channels for organic food FranceCartels and collusion €12.7m

Through the association Synadis Bio, market participants ensured for more than seven years that organic brands were not sold simultaneously in specialist organic shops and in conventional supermarkets, in order to prevent price comparisons (decision 26-D-05). Fines: Synadis Bio 10 million EUR, Greenweez/Carrefour 1.85 million EUR, ITM 740,000 EUR, Les Comptoirs de la Bio 80,000 EUR.

What organisations can take from it

Association decisions that tie members to particular distribution channels amount to market sharing – even if they are justified as a quality or positioning policy.

Relevance to training and awareness

Association rules to foreclose distribution channels

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; Bußgeldbemessung nach Art. L.464-2 Code de commerce
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
under appeal
Sector
Food and agriculture
Published
16 Apr 2026

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

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