Swiss construction companies lose appeal to bid-rigging fines at top court
( May 20, 2026, 10:06 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Unnamed construction companies in Switzerland have lost a legal challenge to fines levied for illegal agreements during public tenders in Unterengadin, in the east of the country. Switzerland's Federal Supreme court has now said there is general consensus between the businesses to coordinate their market conduct in the building and civil engineering sectors across all projects, upholding the level of the fines already lowered by a verdict of the Federal Administrative Court in 2023. In 2018, the domestic Competition Commission fined several construction companies for fixing prices during public tenders.Statement follows (in German). ...
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