Press Release: Antitrust: Commission imposes € 38 million fine on E.ON for breach of a seal during an inspection

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Series Details IP/08/108 (30.01.08)
Publication Date 30/01/2008
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The European Commission has imposed a fine of € 38 000 000 on E.ON Energie AG ('E.ON') for the breach of a Commission seal in E.ON’s premises during an inspection. The seal had been affixed to secure documents collected in the course of an unannounced inspection in May 2006 (see MEMO/06/220). When the Commission came back the next day, the seal was broken. The inspection formed part of the Commission's enforcement activities against allegations of anticompetitive practices on the German energy markets.

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