June 24, 2008: The European Commission has filed cases with the Tribunal de Commerce in Brussels seeking damages from four lifts companies that were previously found to have operated a cartel charging supra-competitive prices for the installation and maintenance of lifts and escalators in its own buildings and those of other EU institutions, both in Brussels and Luxembourg.
June 20, 2008: The European Commission confirmed that it had conducted unannounced inspections of washing machine and diswasher detergent and softener companies, investigation possible price fixing and other restrictive practices.