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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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Who?
by company- Meta Platforms Ireland Limited 3 cases 7 % · €342m
- A*** GmbH (Werbeagentur, im Bescheid pseudonymisiert) 1 case 2 % · €870
- Booking.com 1 case 2 % · €413.2m
- BT, IMG, ITV, BBC (Sky Kronzeuge) 1 case 2 % · €5.06m
- Cineplex 1 case 2 % · €24m
- Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. 1 case 2 % · €24.8m
- Disney DTC, LLC und ABC Enterprises, Inc. (The Walt Disney Company) 1 case 2 % · €2.31m
- DPG Media nv; Mediahuis nv; PPP Belgium bv; bpost nv (Kronzeuge) 1 case 2 % · €11.9m
- GGL Projects, Inc. (Sitejabber) 1 case 2 % ·
- Google 1 case 2 % ·
- 29 more29 cases
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2026 | 1 | €11.9m |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — |
1 case
12 Feb 2026 DPG Media nv; Mediahuis nv; PPP Belgium bv; bpost nv (Kronzeuge)Press concession: 11.9 million EUR for collusion in newspaper delivery tender €11.9m
So that bpost would obtain the state concession for newspaper delivery for 2023–2027, its competitor PPP refrained from submitting a bid and in return received additional delivery volumes from DPG Media and Mediahuis (bid rigging). In a settlement procedure, the Autorité belge de la Concurrence / Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit (Belgian Competition Authority, BMA) imposed 3,786,574 EUR (DPG Media), 7,788,423 EUR (Mediahuis) and 323,486 EUR (PPP); bpost, as leniency applicant, received full immunity, and two bpost employees involved were fined a total of 6,300 EUR.
Agreements on who participates in a tender are hardcore cartels – individuals are also liable, and leniency applicants benefit.
Collusion in public tenders
- Authority / court
- Autorité belge de la Concurrence / Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit (BMA)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Code de droit économique Art. IV.1; AEUV Art. 101
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Mitigating circumstances
- Leniency programme (immunity for bpost; reductions of 50% and 40% for DPG Media and Mediahuis respectively) and 10% settlement reduction.
- Liability of senior managers
- First-ever fines against two natural persons (employed by bpost), totalling 6,300 EUR.
- Published
- 13 Feb 2026
- BMA – Communiqué de presse N° 6/2026 (13.02.2026) Press release of an authority
- BMA – Beslissing BMA-2026-RPR-04-AUD (Krantenconcessie), publieke versie, 12.02.2026 Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link