Freight transport organization fined by the City Court in Copenhagen for exchanging illegal information with its members
On December 15, 2012, the Danish City Court in Copenhagen passed sentence upon a Danish freight transport association, Dansk Transport og Logistik (DTL) for infringing section 6 of the Danish Competition Act by publishing a calculation program for freight transport by road with specific forecast of cost development. Accordingly the City Court fined DTL DKK 400.000 (€ 55.000).
The court found that the exchange of information by DTL had as its ob-ject to restrict competition by coordinating the conduct of the members and thereby possibly unify member´s prices.
In fixing the fine the court took among other things into account the gravity of the infringement and the fact that DTL is a professional or-ganization with many members.