Parker ITR Srl v Commission (2014) C-434/13 is an EU law case of a cartel of six international suppliers of marine hoses (rubber hoses used to load or unload oil tankers in marine transfer operations).
[1] In December 2006, the Yokohama Rubber Company provided information about the cartel to EU authorities.
In 2008, the UK's Office of Fair Trading obtained convictions of three Dunlop executives involved in the cartel, resulting in prison sentences between 30 and 36 months.
[7] As part of a plea bargain, he pleaded guilty and received a 24-month prison sentence and a $50,000 fine.
The European Court of Justice rejected this argument in April 2018, holding that discrimination is justified in cases like this.