Commission fines styrene purchasers €157 million in cartel settlement

 EC, here. 

Competition cartel settlement decision annuled by Court

Case T‑95/15, here.

European Commission fines rechargeable battery producers €166 million in cartel settlement

EC, here. 

EC fines three producers of canned mushrooms € 32 million in cartel settlement

Press Release, here. 

Bargaining in the Shadow of the European Settlement Procedure for Cartels

M.Schinkel, here.

Settlement In DRAM Case

From the Maryland Attorney General press release: “The settlement provides restitution for consumers and state and local government agencies who paid more for computers and other electronic devices because of the price-fixing scheme.”

Joaquin Almunia on the first European Commission Cartel Settlement

Read the transcript of his (short) speech. See also OECD, EXPERIENCE WITH DIRECT SETTLEMENTS IN CARTEL CASES, 2009.

DRAM producers fined € 331 million for price cartel

Press release. It is also the first settlement decision adopted by the European Commission according to Articles 7 and 23 of Regulation 1/2003 (Q&A) .