11.07.2014, Vienna. On 08.05.2014, the Cartel Court (25 Kt 18/14) imposed a fine in the amount of EUR 100.000 against Hans Lurf GmbH.
According to § 29 Z1 lit a and lit b KartG 2005, a fine of EUR 100.000 has been imposed to Hans Lurf GmbH, due to infringement against Art 101 AEUV and § 1 KartG 2005, namely vertical pricing agreements in connection with disruption of trade sale (online sale) of consumer electronic products, for example receivers and televisions, in the period between mid 2009 and September 2012.
The BWB imposed fines at the end of February 2014, due to infringing vertical price maintenance in combination with coordinated behavior, which resulted in a disruption of the trade sale "online sales" of consumer electronics and household appliances. With court house search warrants, the antitrust court proceedings went ahead with house searches. The above-mentioned decision is final.