( October 30, 2024, 11:40 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Dairy cooperative Valio has been fined 600,000 euros by the Finnish Market Court for breaching a condition set for the approval of its acquisition of food service wholesaler Heinon Tukku. Last year, the national competition authority requested the court fine the business 900,000 euros for its failure to protect the price information of rival manufacturers, a main remedy Valio agreed to honor to secure approval for the deal. This is the first time in Finland that a penalty is levied for breaching merger conditions, the authority said.Statement follows. ...
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