An adviser to Europe’s highest court has recommended that it reject 13 appeals from airlines challenging air freight cartel fines imposed by the European Commission in 2017.

In his non-binding opinion on September 5, Advocate General Athanasios Rantos mostly sided with the EU antitrust watchdog when he proposed that the Court of Justice of the European Union dismiss the appeals the airlines had lodged.

The cartel allegedly operated from December 7, 1999, to February 14, 2006, and involved coordinated practices…

Source: ch aviation
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