喜力等啤酒商遭欧盟巨额罚款 操控荷兰市场价格

　　European Union regulators fined Heineken NV， Grolsch NV and Bavaria NV nearly 275 million euros on Wednesday for fixing Dutch beer prices.

　　The fines， including a 219.3 million euro penalty to be paid by Heineken， pushes the total levied by the European Commission against cartels in 2007 to 2 billion euros， already surpassing last year's record total.

　　The EU ordered Grolsch NV to pay 31.7 million euros and Bavaria NV 22.9 million euros for a cartel regulators said they ran from at least 1996 to 1999 to coordinate Dutch beer price increases.

　　欧盟委员会周三宣布，喜力、Ｇｒｏｌｓｃｈ和Ｂａｖａｒｉａ 3家荷兰酿酒公司因操控荷兰啤酒市场价格，被处以总额约2．75亿欧元的罚款。

　　按照处罚决定，喜力公司被处以2．19亿欧元罚款。 今年以来，欧盟委员会对结成垄断联盟的公司的罚款总额已突破20亿欧元，超过了去年全年的罚款总额。

　　Ｇｒｏｌｓｃｈ和Ｂａｖａｒｉａ等另外两家荷兰公司分别被处以31.7万欧元和22.9万欧元罚款。调查显示，这些公司的违法行为至少从1996年持续到1999年。