スペインの国立(公正)競争委員会:CNC(la Comision Nacional de la Competencia)は、スペインの自動車製造会社や自動車販売会社の本部を価格協定の疑いで捜査
Competencia investiga si el sector del automóvil acuerda precios y condiciones
Inspectores del organismo revisan las sedes de empresas y asociaciones de distribuidores
El País Madrid 7 JUN 2013 - 11:20 CET
Competition is investigating whether the car industry agreed rates and conditions
Agency inspectors review the business offices and dealer associations
The Country Madrid 7 JUN 2013 - 11:20 CET
Inspectors of the National Competition Commission investigated this week the headquarters of several companies and industry associations in the distribution of vehicles in Spain. The state agency responsible for protecting free competition suspects investigated entities may have agreed, directly or indirectly, to fix the prices of the vehicles and the conditions of their services.
The search conducted, which in some cases have had the cooperation of regional authorities of competition-are only a preliminary step in the investigation of possible anticompetitive practices. Therefore, the CNC has wanted to emphasize in a press release that these actions "without prejudice" the guilt of inspected enterprises and associations.
If found strong evidence, Competition will to initiate a formal record, such as violations of the Law on Protection of Competition are considered very serious in the standard. They can be fined up to 10% of the total turnover of the undertakings concerned in the year preceding that in which the fine eventually imposed.
The Law on Protection of Competition has strengthened the inspection powers CNC to combat practices such as cartels, that the body itself falls between "the most harmful". The investigation of cartels is, the statement, "one of the priorities for action" because of the "particular gravity of its impact on consumers."
The CNC statement also notes that the Act has introduced a "leniency program" that allows a company that is part of a cartel rid of paying the fine or get a discount on this if you collaborate with to check the existence of such cartel.
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