Examples of using Interbrew in English and their translations into German
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Interbrew(abuse)55.
By contrast, Brasserie de Luxembourg is a subsidiary of the Interbrew group, the second largest brewer in the world.
Interbrew even disclosed the cartel.
Authorities, one to the Spanish authorities; Case M. 2044-Interbrew/Bassand Case M. 2154- C3D/Rhône/GoAhead, both tothe UK.
The fact that Interbrew and Alken-Maes took the initiative for these meetings is aggravating for them.
For Belgian breweries, this means that they will all, with the exception of Interbrew, be able to continue to operate on the basis of the current distribution agreements.
Interbrew, Alken-Maes, Haacht and Martens(a brewer whose production consists almost entirely of private label beer) participated in this second cartel.
Today the European Commission approved the amended supply agreements between Interbrew, the largest brewer in Belgium, and pubs, restaurants or hotels(horeca-outlets) located in Belgium.
Interbrew and Alken-Maes took the initiative of organizing the four meetings; However, Haacht and Martens did not merely play a passive role in the concerted practice.
Furthermore, the licensor, Carlsberg, undertook to distribute its products in Belgium in conjunction with a Belgiandistributor in addition to the existing licensee, Interbrew.
According to these agreements Interbrew grants wholesalers a number of incentives(e.g. financial support, gadgets) mainly in return for promotional activities.
On 30 April, the Commission closed the Article 82 investigations that it had started in 1999 on its own initiative into the behaviour of Interbrew NV(now Inbev NV) towards Belgian beer wholesalers, after Interbrew made a number of commitments.
Interbrew is principally involved in the production, marketing and supply of beer in the Americas, Western, Central and Eastern Europe and Asia Pacific.
The second aggravating circumstance concerns Danone's threat tomake Interbrew's life difficult in France if Interbrew did not meet its request to have 500.000 hl of beer transferred to its subsidiary Alken-Maes.
But Interbrew has agreed a specific amendment to the agreement with Scottish& Newcastle regarding the distribution of Beck's in the UK which will become effective upon completion of the acquisition and which removes any potential concerns.
Under an agreement with the Danishbrewery Carlsberg, the Belgian brewery Interbrew has for a number of years had the exclusive right to distribute Carlsberg beers and to brew and distribute Tuborg beers on the Belgian market.
Interbrew has in particular undertaken to amend its rebates systems and its partnership and commercial agreements with wholesalers in such a way that rival suppliers are no longer prevented from competing e ectively with Interbrew in Belgium.
On 15 April, the Commission approved the amended supply agreements between Interbrew, the largestbrewer in Belgium, and pubs, restaurants or hotels(Horeca outlets) located in Belgium by means of anegative clearance comfort letter.
Interbrew first agreed to make its standardised volume rebate system entirely transparent to all wholesalers rather than just providing them with the rebate rate corresponding to the volume range in which their own purchases for the various types of beer fall and the rates corresponding to the volume ranges situated just above and just below that range.
Is he aware that over the last 12 months somewhere in the region of 7, 000 hectolitres of draftHoegaarden'blanche' beer which is brewed in Belgium by Interbrew, was actually imported into the United Kingdom and sold in British pubs under the guest beer law?
This was due to a threat from Danone: if Interbrew did not transfer 500.000 hl(roughly 5% share of the Belgian market) to Alken-Maes in the Belgian retail sector, it would make life difficult for Interbrew-France.
Following Interbrew's commitments to adjust the practices under scrutiny, the Commission takes the view that these practices in the context in which they occur- will no longer prevent rival suppliers from competing effectively with Interbrew in this market.
After further consideration and consultation, the UK authorities decided that Interbrew should be required to dispose of either Bass Brewers or Carling Brewers to a buyer approved by the Director General of Fair Trading to remedy the adverse effects of the Interbrew/Bass Brewers merger.
Interbrew and Alken-Maes/Danone, Nos 1 and 2 on the market, had agreed on a general non-aggression pact, the allocation of customers in the“horeca”(hotels, cafés and restaurants) or“on-trade” sector, price fixing in the retail or“off-trade” sector, the limitation of investments and advertising in the horeca sector, a new tariff structure(horeca and retail) and a detailed monthly information exchange system concerning sales volumes horeca and retail.
In the course of the on-going investigation regarding the cartel between Interbrew and Danone/Alken-Maes, Interbrew informed the Commission about a series of meetings in the period from October 1997 until July 1998 between itself, Alken-Maes, Haacht and Martens concerning the private label beer market in Belgium.
The acquisition of Beck's by Interbrew would have given rise to the risk of collusion between two of the major brewers and suppliers of premium lager in Britain Scottish and Interbrew itself-- which might have given rise to concerns.
The fact that the abusiveconduct would take place in a different relevant geographic market from that in which Interbrew isin a dominant position does not rule out the application of Article 86 in so far as that conduct has theeffect of maintaining and/or partitioning the various national markets, thereby enabling Interbrew toexploit better its dominant position on the Belgian market.
In practical terms, Carlsberg and Interbrew were discussing a new structure of cooperation which would no longer give Interbrew any competitive advantage overother market players in the distribution of Carlsberg and Tuborg on the Belgian beer market, where Interbrewholds a dominant position.
On 23 May, the High Court in London rejected Interbrew's main challenge but held that the Competition Commission's procedures had been unfair in that Interbrew had not been given a fair opportunity to deal with critical issues that were relevant to the assessment of an alternative, lesser remedy.
Regarding the commercial agreements by which Interbrew grants wholesalers a number of incentives such as financial support or gadgets mainly in return for promotional activities, Interbrew has accepted to(a) abolish any product exclusivity requirement,(b) make the eligibility criteria fully transparent and(c) make it clear that the same incentives are open to all wholesalers without exception.