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A total of 15 “giants” of the sector maintained concerted practices related to the recycling of end -of -life vehicles with Acea and was fined by the EU. Mercedes too, but as he denounced, he got rid of the millionaire fine.
The European Commission today applied fines of 458 million euros The 15 “giants” of the automotive sector, such as BMW, Toyota and Volkswagen, and the European Association for “having participated in a Long lasting cartel related to end -of -life vehicle recycling [automóvel que já não está em condições de ser utilizado, devido à idade, desgaste ou a danos, que é depois desmantelado e processado para reciclagem, recuperação e eliminação]”, Reported by Mercedes-Benz.
The cartel was denounced by Mercedes-Benz to the European Commission, which allowed him to avoid the fine under the Closure Program, while 15 other automobile manufacturers admitted their involvement in the cartel and agreed to resolve the case, not to escape the fines.
At issue are illegal practices practiced from May 2002 to September 2017, during which these 16 companies (including Mercedes-Benz, to whom no fine was applied) and Acea “completed anti-confidential agreements and participated in concerted practices related to end-of-life vehicle recycling,” the institution.
Those involved are the BMW, Ford, Hyundai / Kai, Jaguar Land Rover, Tata, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Opel, General Motors, Renault / Nissan, Stellantis, Suzuki, Toyota, Volkswagen, Volvo, Geely and THAT.
Fines range from nearly 128 million euros to Volkswagen and 1.6 million euros to Jaguar. Stellantis (including Opel), Mitsubishi and Ford have benefited from a reduction in the fine due to its cooperation with the European Commission, and the amount of reduction depends on the moment of its cooperation, as well as the evidence they provided to demonstrate the existence of the cartel.
The European directive in force provides that one last owner of an end -of -life vehicle can be undone free from it with dismantling companies and, if necessary, car manufacturers are required to support costs.
However, in its investigation, the European Commission concluded that the manufacturers involved woke up not to pay the dismantling companies of automotive vehicles by treatment and even shared commercially sensitive information about their agreements with these companies.
In addition, they agreed not to promote the amount of vehicles that can be recycled, recovered and reused and the amount of recycled material used in new cars to prevent consumers from taking into account recycling information when choosing a car, which reduced pressure on companies to go beyond legal requirements.
In the case of Acea, it was, according to the European institution, the eastern cartel, having organized meetings and contacts between the car manufacturers involved.
