欧州連合（ＥＵ）の執行機関、欧州委員会は５日、テレビなどのブラウン管販売を巡る国際カルテルを結び、ＥＵ競争法（独占禁止法）に違反したとして、パナソニックと東芝を含む日韓欧のメーカー７社に総額計約１４億７０００万ユーロ（約１５７０億円）の制裁金を科した。
欧州委がカルテル事件に科した制裁額としては過去最高になる。
日本企業への制裁金は、パナソニックが約１億５７００万ユーロ（約１６８億円）、東芝が約２８００万ユーロ（約３０億円）。両社には、子会社がカルテルに関与したとして、これとは別に制裁金を科されている。
これに対し、パナソニックは「事実認定や法令の適用に疑義があるため、内容を精査したうえで、欧州裁判所への提訴も視野に入れて対応を検討する」とのコメントを発表した。
（2012年12月6日00時00分 読売新聞）
(試譯文)
On the 5th (December) the executive organ
of the European Union (EU), the European Commission noted there was an
international cartel that involved television cathode-ray tube sales etc. and
thus breaking the EU competition law (Anti-Monopoly Law); seven companies in
Japan, South Korea and Europe including Panasonic and Toshiba were charged with
a find totaling about 1,470 million euros (about 157 billion yen).
This became the highest amount of sanction ever
imposed in a cartel incident by the European Commission.
As for the fine imposed on the Japanese
companies, Panasonic was about 157 million euros (about 16,800 million yen) and
Toshiba was about 28 million euros (about 3 billion yen). Aside from this, fines
were imposed on the subsidiaries of both companies noting their participations
in the cartel.
On the other hand, Panasonic announced the
comment that "since there is a doubt on the application of the fact
finding and the statute, the contents would be scrutinized; a response
would be considered with a view to making a legal challenge to the European Court
of Justice."
So, a legal battle will drag on for some
time before being settled.
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