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ARTICLE · 25 JULY 2012

Food For Thought: The Food Sector Still Under Scrutiny

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Developments in food prices over the last years have caused the NMa, the European Commission and other national competition authorities within the European Competition Network (ECN) to look into the functioning of the food supply chain.

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Developments in food prices over the last years have caused the NMa, the European Commission and other national competition authorities within the European Competition Network (ECN) to look into the functioning of the food supply chain. This recently resulted in a report on ECN competition enforcement in the food sector which states that the Commission and the national competition authorities will continue to ensure the competitiveness of food markets.1 The NMa for one has kept its word so far: not only did it impose fines on 15 flour producers for cartel activities2 and performed market studies regarding pricing in the agro-food sector, the tomato market structure and the Dutch fisheries sector during the reporting period, it also recently imposed a total of EUR 23 million in fines on participants in two cartels in the agricultural sector.3

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