French antitrust probe takes a new twist
- From: Vol 11, Issue 6 (June 2010)
- Category: General
- Region: Europe
- Country: Belgium and France
- Related Companies: Lyonnaise des Eaux, Suez Environment and Veolia
Lyonnaise des Eaux has been left red-faced after the European Commission launched a separate investigation connected with the ongoing antitrust probe into French private water operators.
The European Commission’s investigation into suspected anticompetitive practices by French private water operators was given added spice recently when one of the firms involved, Suez Environnement, was accused of breaking into a sealed room following a dawn raid by inspectors in April.
Suez Environnement has pleaded innocence over the incident which “happened in broad daylight” while the investigation was ...
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