EU's Vestager warns of more anti-cartel raids

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22/10/2021 12:51

By Foo Yun Chee
    BRUSSELS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - EU enforcers are planning a
series of raids against companies suspected of illegal
price-fixing, Europe's anti-trust chief warned on Friday.
    The European Commission last week raided Europe's largest
pulp producers Stora Enso  STERV.HE  and UPM  UPM.HE , and Metsa
Board  METSB.HE  unit Metsa Fibre, the first in two years as the
COVID-19 pandemic halted such actions.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2R82QM
    "And that's just the start of a series of raids that we're
planning for the months to come – you'll understand if I don't
say exactly when or where they're going to happen," EU
Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager told a conference
organised by the Italian antitrust authority in Rome.

 (Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Alex Richardson)
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