Philips fined in Romania for obstructing antitrust dawn raid
( September 9, 2026, 13:53 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Philips Romania has been fined more than 5 million lei ($1.1 million) for providing incomplete data during an onsite inspection at its headquarters. In July, the national competition authority raided the company and ten of its distributors or resellers of medical ultrasound equipment or patient monitoring devices over suspicions they shared the market in tenders for the supply of such equipment. A staff member uninstalled WhatsApp from a mobile device used for business purposes, after learning about the antitrust inspection, restricting officials' access to information potentially relevant for the probe, Romania's competition authority said Wednesday.Statement follows (in Romanian). ...
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