13.06.2014, Vienna. On 24.04.2014, the Cartel Court (to 26 Kt 19/14) imposed a fine in the amount of EUR 1.230.000 against Media-Saturn.
According to Section 29 Z1 lit a and lit b KartG 2005, a fine of EUR 1.230.000 has been imposed to Media-Saturn BeteiligungsgmbH, due to infringement against Art 101 AEUV and Section 1 KartG 2005, namely vertical pricing agreements with companies in the electronic industry, involving various electronic products, in the period between October 2009 and the beginning of 2013.
The BWB imposed fines at the end of February 2014 against various companies, due to infringing vertical price maintenance in combination with coordinated behavior, which partly 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.