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Apr 21, 2017

TRUCKMAKERS' CARTEL * Europe - Class Action against

* England - UK Road Haulage Group's Class Action. Release of EC decision shows depth of corruption


--- The ongoing case of the European truck cartel which has seen many of the manufacturers collude and conspire with regard to vehicle prices and emissions has reached a new phase with the release this week of the European Commission (EC) settlement decision on the matter... The Road Haulage Association (RHA) which, having obtained the non-confidential version of the EC ruling, says it serves to strongly reinforce the RHA’s determination to pursue the legal action against the manufacturers to reclaim the cost of overpayment for its members. The organisation is appealing for transport firms, whether they are RHA members or not, to get in touch if they want compensation. It also confirms there is no cost to haulage firms in joining the proposed legal action and anyone affected can register their interest here... The companies charged with antitrust activity reads like a who’s who of truck production with Volvo, DAF, Daimler, Fiat, Iveco, MAN and Renault just some of the names linked to the investigation. As several of the manufacturers (MAN, Daimler, Iveco, Volvo/Renault, and DAF) settled with the EC in clear and unequivocal terms, confirming their liability for infringing EU competition rules in relation to the main facts, the decision is not as detailed as it might have been, running to just over thirty pages... The RHA has appointed well known transport law specialist solicitors Backhouse Jones to deal with the class action suit it intends to bring against the truck makers... 
(Photo, by Dirk Kruell/Redux: A truck service area in Siegburg, Germany) -- London, UK – Handy Shipping Guide – 11 April 2017

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Dec 5, 2015

TRUCKMAKERS´ CARTEL * Europe: Could face fines of up to 10 percent of their annual revenue if found guilty

* Belgium -  EU truck manufacturers accused as cartel, Daimler, Volvo, Iveco, Volkswagen-controlled: Scania, MAN and DAF


-- Trucks in the European Union are no more fuel efficient than they were more than a decade ago, according to a report released on Thursday, as calls increase for emissions from heavy duty vehicles to be regulated in the same way as cars... The study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) found that the fuel efficiency of heavy duty vehicles, which are responsible for one third of CO2 emissions in the EU but only a small fraction of vehicles on the road, had remained unchanged since the early 2000s... The report comes as EU antitrust regulators are investigating some of Europe's biggest truck makers for price fixing and coordinating the introduction of new emissions technologies, according to a copy of the statement of objections seen by Reuters... The truck manufacturers accused of operating a cartel, Daimler, Volvo, Iveco, Volkswagen-controlled Scania, MAN and DAF, could face fines of up to 10 percent of their annual revenue if found guilty... The study by the ICCT, the same group that uncovered German carmaker Volkswagen's manipulation of diesel nitrogen oxide emission tests, found that the share of CO2 emissions from trucks was growing in the EU... In contrast, the United States in June proposed tighter standards on truck emissions which the researches estimated could lead to a 33 percent reduction of fuel consumption rates from 2010 levels... Industry group the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) said fuel consumption per tonne-kilometre of today's trucks had been reduced by at least 60 percent since 1965... Said William Todts, freight manager at campaign group Transport & Environment, "The reality is that for the last decade they've made virtually no progress in fuel efficiency while for much of that time they are alleged to have operated a cartel. It's high time we shift gears and introduce U.S.-style fuel economy standards"...
(Photo from REUTERS, by Luke MacGregor: Traffic queues on the M20 motorway and the slip road leading to the Channel Tunnel Terminal, near Folkestone in Kent, southern England December 19, 2009) -- Brussels, Belgium - Reuters, by JULIA FIORETTI/Greg Mahlich/Mark Potter - Dec 3, 2015

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Nov 5, 2009

Truck Cartel * Australia - Costs Hino dealers more than $1 million

Brisbane,QND,Australia -ATN -November 4, 2009: -- Two Queensland truck retailers and three individuals have been slapped with more than $1 million in total penalties for their involvement in a truck cartel... The Brisbane Federal Court found Vanderfield and Sci-Fleet Motors guilty of price fixing and market sharing between February 2005 and September 2006... Vanderfield, which sells Hino trucks in Toowoomba and on the Gold Coast, and Sci-Fleet, which operates in Brisbane, were each fined $500,000 and company individuals $30,000 each... Individuals risk jail sentences of up to 10 years and fines of up to $220,000 per offence for serious cartel conduct... Companies can be fined $10 million, three times the total value of the benefits obtained, or 10 per cent of the corporate group's annual turnover in a 12-month period when the contravention occurred...

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