Fine in Case of Waste Cartel in Austria

Huber is accused of being part of a nationwide waste cartel in Austria from 2003 to 2021, as reported by the BWB. Huber was involved in price agreements, market division, and the exchange of competition-relevant information in Carinthia. However, the companies cooperated under the leniency program. For this reason, the BWB requested a reduced fine.

Investigations Against Other Companies in Austrian Waste Cartel Case

The waste cartel affected all of Austria, even though individual companies were only regionally involved. Numerous companies are still under investigation by the BWB. In 2021, house searches were conducted at more than 20 companies. A total of 60 terabytes of IT data and more than 2,000 pages of documents were secured. So far, FCC Austria Abfall Service and Saubermacher have been listed as leniency witnesses. While the former went unpunished, Saubermacher had to pay a fine of nearly 7.1 million euros. The Austrian waste management industry comprises around 300 companies with a total turnover of more than 5 billion euros.

(APA/Red)

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