BELGIUM: Carrefour, Delhaize said to face fines in Belgian cartel | Progresiv
Carrefour SA and Delhaize Group SA are among a group of retailers and manufacturers poised to face fines in an antitrust settlement with Belgium’s competition authority, according to three people familiar with the investigation. 
The Belgian agency may announce penalties for 17 companies, including Colruyt SA, as soon as July over price-fixing of perfume, personal-care and household products, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the probe is private.
Colgate-Palmolive Co. is expected to avoid a fine for blowing the whistle on the cartel, two of the people said.
The fines would follow a combined penalty of more than 1 billion dollars in a similar case in France. L’Oreal SA was among a group of companies sanctioned in December over allegations of a conspiracy to rig the prices of products including shampoo and toothpaste.
The Belgian announcement would conclude a probe begun with raids in 2007. The penalties may be a Belgian record, two of the people said. (www.bloomberg.com)
