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Planned minimum prices for German meat production could be anticompetitive, Vestager says

By Lewis Crofts
  • 04 Jun 2021 03:33
  • 04 Jun 2021 03:42
Proposals to introduce a price floor for meat production in Germany would likely break EU antitrust law, Margrethe Vestager has said.
Commenting on plans unveiled by the state of Baden-Württemberg, the bloc's competition chief said "floor prices in isolation cannot be justified" but that certain kinds of pricing agreements may

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