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Decision 849/2024 |
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| File (PDF) | Decision 849/2024 | |
| Date of Issuance of Decision | June 18th, 2024 | |
| Issue Number of Government Gazette | 2294/Β/9.5.2025 | |
| Relevant Market |
The relevant markets for the import, wholesale, and retail trade of large/white household electrical appliances (such as refrigerators, washing machines, cookers, extractor hoods, etc., fitted or not) |
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| Subject of the Decision |
Decision on the ex officio investigation conducted by the HCC’s Directorate-General for Competition (DGC) into the import, wholesale and retail markets for large/white household electrical appliances (e.g. refrigerators, washing machines, cookers, extractor hoods etc., fitted or not) to determine whether the conditions for application of the provisions of Article 1 of L. 3959/2011 and/or Article 101 TFEU are met, in the context of a vertical agreement, following the Settlement proposal submitted by the company under the name MIELE HELLAS SINGLE MEMBER LTD. |
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| Legal Framework |
Article 29A of Law 3959/2011 and para. 39 of the HCC Plenary Decision No. 790/2022 |
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Operative part of the Decision |
The HCC, in Plenary sitting, unanimously decides by open vote, as follows: Finds that “MIELE HELLAS’’ infringed Articles 1 of Law 3959/2011 and 101 TFEU due to its participation in prohibited vertical agreements through the practices outlined in the Statement of Objections, in the context of the Settlement Procedure. Orders “MIELE HELLAS’’ to cease, if it has not already done so, and refrain in the future from the infringements of Articles 1 of Law 3959/2011 and 101 TFEU found. Imposes on “MIELE HELLAS’’ a fine amounting to forty-six thousand one hundred and sixty euros (€46.160) for the established infringement of Articles 1 of Law 3959/2011 and 101 TFEU. |
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| Company(ies) concerned |
“MIELE HELLAS SINGLE MEMBER LTD” |
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| Summary of Decision | The evidence available shows that MIL-HELLAS engaged in resale price maintenance practices in the context of a vertical agreement with its distribution network, in breach of Articles 1 of Law 3959/2011 and 101 TFEU, by closely monitoring retail prices and urging retailers to adjust their prices, a practice to which retailers largely adhered. It is noted that such vertical agreements constitute vertical restrictions of competition by object. The above vertical agreement ran from July 17, 2021, to June 24, 2022. | |
| Judicial Means | - | |
| Decisions by the Court of Appeal of Athens (Administrative Division) | - | |
