- The European Commission fined a group of truck makers €2.93B ($3.24B) for colluding on truck prices for over 14 years.
- The companies which admitted to the charges include Daimler (OTCPK:DDAIF), Volvo/Renault (OTCPK:VOLVY, OTC:RNSDF, OTCPK:RNLSY), MAN (VLKAY), Iveco (NYSE:CNHI), and DAF (NASDAQ:PCAR). MAN wasn't fined because it came forward to alert the EC of the cartel.
- "For 14 years they colluded on the pricing and on passing on the costs for meeting environmental standards to customers. This is also a clear message to companies that cartels are not accepted," said Commissioner Margrethe Vestager.
- European Commission press release