Also for the European Cargo Association of International Freight Forwarders In 2016, the EU Commission had antitrust fines totaling almost three billion euros Daimler, Iveco, DAF and Volvo / Renault because they had exchanged price lists for years. MAN did not have to pay anything as a key witness. Got later Scania a fine of around 900 million euros was incurred. However, the Commission left open the question of whether the buyers of the trucks suffered any damage. And so numerous proceedings have been going on in German courts for several years.
It is also the second lawsuit against Daimler for the European Cargo Association of International Freight Forwarders (Elvis). In 2017 Elvis had already made claims for damages amounting to around 176 million euros. This has not yet been negotiated. At that time, it was about the time between 1997 and 2011 when the cartel existed. The current lawsuit (Ref. 30 O 435/19) is aimed at the time after the discovery and, according to the court, also includes truck purchases made in Switzerland – in total, more than 10,000 vehicles are involved. According to the court, the files fill more than 50 moving boxes.
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