You are on page 1of 8

CARTEL

By:

Ro hit Singh

Saur abh Mis hra

Kumar D eepak
Definition
• ‘A cartel refers to an agreement
that businesses form to control
production or marketing
arrangements and not compete
with one another.'
Price Fixing

Output Restriction

Market Allocation

Bid-Rigging
EFFECTS

Limits product choice

Increase in artificial price

Increase in cost
Efforts to curb Cartel

US - The Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)

European Union
• EU’s Competition Law (Art. 81,Treaty of
Rome)
Cartels - examples

De Beers

OPEC

International Match Corporation (IMCO)


Cartels that have been
BUSTED !
•Nippon Carbon Co. ltd – International
conspiracy to fix the price of graphite
electrodes,2005. ($1,00,000)

•The Morgan Crucible Co. - Price fixing


of carbon brushes and current
collectors, 2004. ($5,50,000)

•Freyssinet Limitee – International bid-


rigging scheme relating to The Hibernia
Project , 2001. ($8,00,000)

•Mitsubishi Paper Mills ltd. – Fixing


prices in the thermal facsimile paper
Th an k Yo u
!

You might also like