Dawn Raids Relating To Agriculture Machinery In Poland

The Polish Competition Authority (UOKiK) recently announced that it has conducted one of the largest dawn raids in its 35-year history at the premises of entities that produce or offer farming machinery in Poland.

The UOKiK suspects that local dealers of agricultural machinery allegedly allocated markets, meaning that farmers were deterred from purchasing machinery outside of allocated territory. The UOKiK is also investigating the alleged possibility of price fixing and sharing sensitive market information among competitors.

The inspections were conducted as part of three separate instances of explanatory proceedings concerning brands owned by three separate groups:

1. CLAAS;