§ Mr. OppenheimTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list details of(a) successful anti-cartel actions which have been taken by the European Commission over the last 10 years, indicating whether the products involved were subject to anti-dumping duties and (b) anti-cartel actions which have been taken by the European Commission over the last 10 years which have resulted in an agreement between the Commission and the cartel in order to preclude action, indicating whether the products involved were subject to anti-dumping duties.
§ Mr. RedwoodDetails of cases in which the European Commission has taken decisions are listed in the table. In a much larger number of cases the Commission has negotiated satisfactory undertakings which have precluded the need for action, but these are not usually made public.
In the two cases asterisked, certain imports from third countries of the products involved were, during the period 629W of the infringements, subject to anti-dumping duties. This may also have been so in some other cases but, if so, those cases are not readily identifiable.
Cartels found by the European Commission (since 1980) to have infringed the EC competition rules Case Date of decision Publication1 Bundesverband Deutscher Stahlhandel eV (rolled steel) 8 February 1980 1980 L62 French and German special steel producers 27 March 1980 Bulletin of the EC 3–1980 IMA-Statuut (plywood) 18 September 1980 1980 L318 Italian cast glass 17 December 1980 1980 L383 Italian flat glass 29 September 1980 1981 L326 VBBB/VBVB (books) 25 November 1981 1982 L54 ANSEAU-NAVEWA (water) 17 December 1981 1982 L167 SSI (tobacco) 15 July 1982 1982 L232 Rolled zinc products and zinc alloys 14 December 1982 1982 L362 AROW/BNIC (cognac) 14 December 1982 1982 L362 Vimpoltu (agricultural and horticultural machinery) 13 July 1983 1983 L200 Cast iron and steel rolls 17 October 1983 1983 L317 IPTC Belgium (washing machines and dishwashers) 5 December 1983 1983 L376 Flat glass sector Benelux 23 July 1984 1984 L212 Zinc Producer Group 6 August 1984 1984 L220 Peroxygen products 23 November 1984 1985 L35 Fire insurance 5 December 1984 1985 L35 Milchforderungsfonds (milk products) 7 December 1984 1985 L35 Woodpulp 19 December 1984 1985 L85 Aluminium 19 December 1984 1985 L92 Siemens/Fanuc (numerical controls etc.) 18 December 1985 1985 L376 Polypropylene 23 April 1986 1986 L230 Roofing felt 10 July 1986 1986 L232 Meldoc (dairies) 26 November 1986 1986 L348 Fatty acids 2 December 1986 1987 L3 Verenigde Blowmenveilingen Aalsmeer (flowers) 26 July 1988 1988 L262 Hudson's Bay/Dansk Pelsdyravlerforening (furs) 28 October 1988 1988 L316 Flat glass—Italy 7 December 1988 1989 L33 Polyvinyl chloride (PVQ)* 21 December 1988 1989 L74 Low-density polyethylene* 21 December 1988 1989 L74 Welded steel mesh 2 August 1989 1989 L260 1 Official Journal of the EC unless otherwise indicated.