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  • Emissions The EC investigates VW, Daimler and BMW for a possible cartel

The European Commission announced on Thursday a total fine of 875 million euros (more than 1 billion dollars) to the German auto giants BMW and Volkswagen for a pact to circumvent free competition rules

on emissions reduction.

In an official note, the European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, pointed out that the two companies "violated the anti-competition rules of the EU."

Another German automobile giant,

Daimler

, which also participated in this pact but revealed its existence, was found guilty but was not punished.

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