The threat of antitrust scandal, Daimler has reported, apparently as the first car builders of self-display. Thus, the group could get away with it without penalty. The other car manufacturers high Punitive threaten.
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A year ago, the Volkswagen group, and Daimler himself, should have reported to show to the competition authorities. However, the Daimler group have turned much earlier than Volkswagen to the authorities, reports the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” (SZ), WDR and NDR. Thus, the Stuttgart-based car manufacturer could hope, without punishment, should be imposed by the EU Commission to impose fines for prohibited agreements.
According to research by the news magazine “The mirror” should have the auto makers for decades, the technology of their vehicles, costs, suppliers, markets, strategies, and also the cleaning of Diesel exhaust gases arranged.
EU Commission investigating the antitrust allegations
How the research network of SZ, WDR and NDR reported, would be after the time display of Daimler VW according to EU regulations, if a criminal’s estate in the amount of a maximum of 50 percent. And only then, if VW would have, in addition to the Daimler documents submitted submitted more “evidence with significant added value,” says the report.
The leadership of the education of the antitrust allegations against the German car industry has now taken over the EU Commission. The Federal cartel office stated that it does not deal with procedure. But it is information” about possible collusion in the technical area in front of subject “. The Federal cartel office had just a year ago several car manufacturers and suppliers because of the potential for collusion in the purchase of steel by addiction. For this purpose, a procedure, the authority informed in Bonn.
The car maker silence
The allegations about the collusion of the car maker should apply, this would be one of the largest cartels in the German economic history. Experts expect billions in penalties and the fear of further reputational damage for the German car industry.
Germany’s “Big Five” are under cartel suspicion
On the stock exchange, the allegations made themselves felt: VW, Daimler and BMW, lost again on Monday, between one and three per cent – similar to that already after the publication of the allegations on Friday. The Dax slid under the leadership of the auto values by 0.3 per cent to 12.208 points.
The companies mentioned above are silent as to the core allegations. BMW denied only the allegation of insufficient exhaust gas purification.
cw/stu (rtr, ard.de, sueddeutsche.de)