Hungarian Competition Authority

Case number:

Vj/50/2011

Type of case:

Restrictive agreement

Undertaking(s) concerned:

• BTH Fitting Gyártó és Forgalmazó Kft.
• Pipelife HUNGÁRIA Műanyagipari Kft.
• Wavin Hungary Ipari, Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.

Short description:

The undertakings concerned violated competition law in the form of  a single, complex, continuous infringement, by sharing their wholesalers, determining minimum prices applicable towards their wholesalers, and sharing the sales of pipes and fitting products among themselves.

Decision:

The GVH established that the undertakings concluded market sharing and price fixing agreements and it imposed a total fine of more than 725 million HUF (approx. 2.3 million EUR).

Date:

24 November 2015