AdC Achievements - 2019

​In 2019, the AdC applied fines totalling €340.2 million in seven sanctioning decisions, concerning a concerted practice of exchanging sensitive commercial data between banks, a cartel in railway maintenance, a cartel in the insurance sector, an abuse of dominant position in the energy sector and retail price maintenance in food retail distribution. The AdC also accepted commitments to mitigate competition concerns in the bakery sector. The AdC carried out dawn raids in 3 investigations and issued 5 statements of objections.
The AdC carried out 2 in-depth merger investigations, opened 6 investigations into potential gun jumping and mergers which were not notified to the AdC, issuing 1 statement of objections.