The European Commission has imposed millions in terms of millions against 15 car manufacturers due to a cartel in connection with recycling, scrapped vehicles. The VW Group has to pay the highest fine with around 128 million euros, as the Commission announced on Tuesday. Mercedes had disclosed the cartel in Brussels and therefore escapes a punishment. Mitsubishi, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar, Mazda, Opel, the parent company General Motors, Suzuki, Toyota and Volvo were also part of the cartel. The punishments amount to a total of 458 million euros. According to Brussels, the carmaker has agreed not to pay car dismantling for disassembly of cars that are no longer traveling. The argument that manufacturers agreed on: The recycling of the old vehicles itself is a profitable business. Information is retained, however, the EU law stipulates that owners of a car that is no longer traveling can get rid of their car free of charge if necessary – if necessary, the manufacturer must cover the costs. With this requirement, the EU wants to ensure that more cars are recycled. The companies would have agreed not to provide voluntary information on which parts of the cars are recyclable and how high the proportion of recycled materials in one vehicle is. According to the Commission, more on the topic of 15 years, from May 2002 to September 2017. According to the Commission, the ACEA carmaker’s association organized the cartel and must therefore also pay a penalty of 500,000 euros.
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