date:Feb 24, 2014
the offense. They still retain the right to appeal this decision to the Higher Regional Court at Dsseldorf.
The entire saga also brings to an end a probe initiated by competition authorities belonging to the European Union.
Raids on Suedzucker and Nordzucker by the European Commission last year failed to unearth evidence of competition violations across Europe, the Brussels-based EU authority said in an e-mailed statement today.
The EUs initial suspicion as to the existence of price and volu