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Proactive Disclosure
Penalties Imposed - International Cartels
| Date | Company/Individual | Product | Section of the Act | Penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2007 November 9 |
SEC Carbon Ltd. | graphite electrodes | s. 45 Conspiracy |
$250,000 |
|
2007 October 30 |
Bayer Group | rubber and chemicals industry | s. 45 Conspiracy |
$3,645,000 |
|
2007 July 19 |
Du Pont Performance Elastomers | Polychloroprene rubber | s. 45 Conspiracy |
$4,000,000 |
| Total: $7,895,000 | ||||
|
2007 August 28 |
Sotheby’s and Sotheby’s (Canada) Inc. | International Auction Services | s. 45 International Conspiracy s. 46 Foreign Directives |
$750,000 for investigative costs 5-year Prohibition Order |
| Total: $750,000 | ||||
|
2005 December 8 |
Nippon Carbon Co. Ltd. |
Graphite Electrodes |
46 (1) |
$100,000 |
| Total: $100,000 | ||||
|
2005 August 30 |
Ajinomoto Co. Inc |
Nucleotides |
45 |
$1,500,000 |
|
2005 August 30 |
CJ Corp |
Nucleotides |
45 |
$175,000 |
| Total: $1,675,000 | ||||
|
2005 May 12 |
Mitsubishi Corporation |
Graphite Electrodes |
46 (1) |
$1,000,000 |
| Total: $1,000,000 | ||||
| 2005 March 2 |
Robert J. Hart | Graphite Electrodes | 45(1)c) | $50,000 |
| Total: $50,000 | ||||
| 2004 Nov 9 |
Nippon Electrodes
Company, Ltd. |
Cathode blocks | 45(1)c) | $225,000 |
| Total: $225,000 | ||||
| 2004 Sept 22 |
VAW Carbon GmbH | Cathode blocks | 45(1)c) | $500,000 |
| Total: $500,000 | ||||
| 2004 July 16 |
Morgan Crucible Company | Carbon brushes | 139(2) Criminal Code (obstruction) | $550,000 |
| Total: $550,000 | ||||
| 2004 July 16 |
Morganite Canada Corp. | Carbon brushes | 46 | $450,000 |
| Total: $450,000 | ||||
| 2004 May 28 |
Crompton Corporation | Rubber Chemicals | 45 | $9,000,000 |
| Total: $9,000,000 | ||||
| 2003 Sept 18 |
Robert R.
Krass (former head of UCAR International Inc.) |
Graphite Electrodes | 45 | $70, 000 |
| Total: $70, 000 | ||||
| 2003 Aug 29 |
Arteva Specialties
S.a.r.l. (KoSa) (Luxembourg) |
Polyester Staple Fiber | 45(1)(c) | $1,500,000 |
| Total: $1,500,000 | ||||
| 2003 Aug 18 |
Bioproducts
Incorporated (United States) |
Choline Chloride | 45(1)(c) | $600,000 |
| Total: $600,000 | ||||
| 2003 Aug 18 |
Akzo Nobel Chemicals
BV (Netherlands) |
MCAA | 45(1)(c) | $1,900,000 |
| Total: $1,900,000 | ||||
| 2003 Aug 18 |
Akzo Nobel Chemicals
BV (Netherlands) |
Choline Chloride | 45(1)(c) | $1,000,000 |
| Total: $1,000,000 | ||||
| 2003 April 15 |
Toyo Tansa USA
Inc. (United States) |
Isostatic Graphite | 61(1) | $200,000 |
| Total: $200,000 | ||||
| 2003 Feb 27 |
Rhône-Poulenc
Biochimie S.A. (France) |
Methylglucamine | 45(1)(c) | $500,000 |
| Total: $500,000 | ||||
| 2002 Dec 18 |
Nippon Goshei
Industries Ltd. (Japan) |
Food Preservatives | 45(1)(c) | $100,000 |
| Total: $100,000 | ||||
| 2002 Octo 16 |
Dr Kuno
Sommer (Switzerland) |
Bulk Vitamins | 45(1)(c) | $150,000 |
| Total: $150,000 | ||||
| 2002 Octo 16 |
Reilly Industries
Inc. (United States) |
Bulk Vitamins | 45(1)(c) | $35,000 |
| Total: $35,000 | ||||
| 2002 Octo 16 |
Nepera Inc. (United States) |
Bulk Vitamins | 45(1)(c) | $240,000 |
| Total: $240,000 | ||||
| 2002 Octo 16 |
Lonza
AG (Switzerland) |
Bulk Vitamins | 45(1)(c) | $1,100,000 |
| Total: $1,100,000 | ||||
| 2002 Octo 16 |
Degussa
AG (Germany) |
Bulk Vitamins | 45(1)(c) | $2,500,000 |
| Total: $2,500,000 | ||||
| 2001 October 24 | Pfizer Inc. (United States) |
Sodium Erythorbate | 45(1)(c), 46 | $1,500,000 |
| Total: $1,500,000 | ||||
| 2001 July 30 | Ueno Fine Chemicals
Industry Ltd. (UFCI) (Japan) |
Sorbates | 45(1)(c) | $1,250,000 |
| Total: $1,250,000 | ||||
| 2001 July 30 | Yoshiyuki
Ebara Japanese national and former senior executive of Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry Ltd. |
Sorbates | 45(1)(c) | $150,000 |
| Total: $150,000 | ||||
| 2001 March 1 |
Carbone of America Inc. | Isostatic Graphite | 45(1)(c) | $300,000 |
| Total: $300,000 | ||||
| 2001 February 5 | Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. | Graphite Electrodes | 46(1) | $250,000 |
| Total: $250,000 | ||||
| 2000 September 19 | Danicel Chemical
Industries, Ltd. (Japan) |
Sorbates | 45(1)(c) | $2,460,000 |
| Total: $2,460,000 | ||||
| 2000 September 19 | Takayasu
Miyasaka Japanese national and Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.former Director of Organic Chemicals and Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.) |
Sorbates | 45(1)(c) | $250,000 |
| Total: $250,000 | ||||
| 2000 July 18 |
SGL Carbon Aktiengesellschaft | Graphite Electrodes | 46(1) | $12,500,000 |
| Total: $12,500,000 | ||||
| 2000 March 30 |
Merck KGaA (Germany) | Bulk Vitamins | 45(1)(c) | $1,000,000 |
| Total: $1,000,000 | ||||
| 2000 March 1 |
Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Japan) | Bulk Vitamins | 45(1)(c) | $5,200,000 |
| Total: $5,200,000 | ||||
| 1999 Oct 27 |
Andreas
Hauri (Swiss national and former executive of Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd) |
Bulk Vitamins | 45(1)(c) | $175,000 |
| Citric Acid | $75,000 | |||
|
Total: $250,000 |
||||
| 1999 Oct 26 |
Roussel Canada Inc. (Canada) | Bulk Vitamins | 46(1) | $370,000 |
| Total: $370,000 | ||||
| 1999 Oct 26 |
Hoechst AG (Germany) | Sorbates | 45(1)(c) | $2,500,000 |
| Eastman Chemical Company (United States) | $780,000 | |||
|
Total: $3,280,000 |
||||
| 1999 Oct 25 |
Dr. Roland
Brönnimann (Swiss national and former executive of Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd) |
Bulk Vitamins | 45(1)(c) | $250,000 |
| Total: $250,000 | ||||
| 1999 Sept 24 |
Chinook Group Limited (Canada) | Choline Chloride | 45(1)(c) | $2,250,000 |
| Total: $2,250,000 | ||||
| 1999 Sept 22 |
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd (Switzerland) | Bulk Vitamins | 45(1)(c) | $48,000,000 |
| BASF Aktiengesellschaft (Germany) | $18,000,000 | |||
| Rhône-Poulenc S.A. (France) | $14,000,000 | |||
| Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Japan) | $2,500,000 | |||
| Eisai Co., Ltd. (Japan) | $2,000,000 | |||
| Total: $84,500,000 | ||||
| 1999 Sept 22 |
BASF Aktiengesellschaft (Germany) | Choline Chloride | 45(1)(c) | $1,000,000 |
| Total: $1,000,000 | ||||
| 1999 Sept 22 |
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd (Switzerland) | Citric Acid | 45(1)(c) | $2,900,000 |
| Total: $2,900,000 | ||||
| 1999 Sept 17 |
Russell Cosburn
(Canadian and former executive of Chinook Group Limited) |
Choline Chloride | 45(1)(c) | nine months prison and 50 hours of community service |
| 1999
July 23 |
Akzo Nobel Chemicals
B.V. (The Netherlands) |
Sodium Gluconate | 45(1)(c) | $350,000 |
| Glucona B.V. (The Netherlands) | $350,000 | |||
| Total: $700,000 | ||||
| 1999 May 25 |
Roquettes Frères (France) | Sodium Gluconate | 45(1)(c) | $700,000 |
| Total: $700,000 | ||||
| 1999 March 18 |
UCAR Inc. (Canada) | Graphite Electrodes | 46(1) | $11,000,000 |
| Total: $11,000,000 | ||||
| 1999 Feb 15 |
Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Japan) | Sodium Gluconate | 45(1)(c) | $360,000 |
| Total: $360,000 | ||||
| 1998 Oct 21 |
Jungbunzlauer International AG (Switzerland) |
Sodium Gluconate | 45(1)(c) | $100,000 |
| Citric Acid | $1,900,000 | |||
| Haarmann & Reimer
Corporation (United States) |
$4,700,000 | |||
| Total: $6,700,000 | ||||
| 1998
July 23 |
Ajinomoto Co. Inc. (Japan) | Lysine | 45(1)(c) | $3,500,000 |
| Sewon America Inc. (United States) | $70,000 | |||
| Total: $3,570,000 | ||||
| 1998 May 27 |
Archer
Daniels Midland Company (United States) |
Lysine | 45(1)(c) | $14,000,000 |
| Citric Acid | $2,000,000 | |||
| Total: $16,000,000 | ||||
| 1997 Feb 17 |
Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd. ( Japan) | Fax Paper | 45(1)(c) | $750,000 |
| 61(1)(b) | $100,000 | |||
| Total: $850,000 | ||||
| 1996 July 16 |
New Oji Paper Company Limited (Japan) | Fax Paper | 45(1)(c) | $600,000 |
| Total: $600,000 | ||||
| 1995 Dec 18 |
Rittenhouse Ribbons
& Rolls Ltd. (Canada) |
Fax Paper | 61(6) | $98,000 |
| Total: $98,000 | ||||
| 1995 Sept 27 |
Canada Pipe Company Ltd. (Canada) | Pipe | 45(1)(c) | $2,500,000 |
| Total: $2,500,000 | ||||
| 1994 Aug 5 |
Mitsubishi Corporation (Japan) | Fax Paper | 45(1)(c) | $500,000 |
| 46(1) | $250,000 | |||
| 61(1)(b) | $125,000 | |||
| Mitsubishi Canada Limited (Canada) | 61(1)(b) | $75,000 | ||
| Total: $950,000 | ||||
| 1994 July 12 |
Kanzaki Specialty
Papers Inc. (United States) |
Fax Paper | 45(1)(c) | $950,000 |
| Total: $950,000 | ||||
| 1993 Nov 19 |
Sumitomo Canada Limited (Canada) | Chemical Insecticide | 46(1) | $1,250,000 |
| Total: $1,250,000 | ||||
| 1993 June 11 |
Chemagro Limited (Canada) | Chemical Insecticide | 46(1) | $1,250,000 |
| Biological Insecticide | 45(1)(c) | $750,000 | ||
| Total: $2,000,000 | ||||
