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Buyer cartels no less serious than collusion among sellers, EU official stresses

Purchasing cartels are just as serious as selling cartels, a senior EU antitrust official stressed today, and that means enforcers will not make “any distinction” between the two when assessing them and imposing fines.
Maria Jaspers pointed to the European Commission’s 2017 decision to fine a cartel among buyers of

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Andrew Boyce

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Andrew is a reporter covering merger reviews and competition policy for MLex in Brussels. He joined MLex in 2015 and holds a degree and a master’s degree in history from the University of Liverpool.

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