{"id":535,"date":"2020-09-09T12:22:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T10:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carteldamageclaims.com\/?page_id=535"},"modified":"2021-01-28T11:01:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T10:01:10","slug":"sodium-chlorate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carteldamageclaims.com\/fr\/cases\/sodium-chlorate\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartel du chlorate de sodium"},"content":{"rendered":"
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En mai 2011, CDC a d\u00e9pos\u00e9 une action contre quatre membres du cartel europ\u00e9en du chlorate de sodium devant les tribunaux d'Amsterdam, aux Pays-Bas. Le chlorate de sodium est un agent de blanchiment principalement utilis\u00e9 dans l'industrie de la p\u00e2te et du papier.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Contexte \u2013 Cartel europ\u00e9en du chlorate de sodium\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Le 11 juin 2008, la Commission europ\u00e9enne a constat\u00e9 qu' Eka Chemicals AB \/ Akzo Nobel NV<\/a>, Finnish Chemicals Oy (aujourd'hui Kemira Chemicals) \/ Erikem Luxembourg SA<\/a>, Arkema France SA \/ Elf Aquitaine SA<\/a>, et Aragonesas Industrias y Energia SAU\/ Uralita SA<\/a> avaient particip\u00e9 de 1994 \u00e0 2000 \u00e0 des accords et pratiques concert\u00e9es anticoncurrentiels \u00e0 l'\u00e9chelle europ\u00e9enne sur le march\u00e9 du chlorate de sodium.<\/p>\n

Lors de nombreuses r\u00e9unions, les membres du cartel du chlorate de sodium ont fix\u00e9 les prix et surveill\u00e9 leur application, se sont r\u00e9parti les clients ainsi que les parts de march\u00e9 et ont \u00e9chang\u00e9 des informations commercialement sensibles. Les membres du cartel ont poursuivi une strat\u00e9gie visant \u00e0 stabiliser artificiellement le march\u00e9 du chlorate de sodium. Leur objectif ultime \u00e9tait, selon la Commission, de \"coordonner la politique de prix \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard des clients et de maximiser ainsi les marges\".<\/p>\n

Trois groupes d'entreprises ont reconnu leur participation \u00e0 l'entente sur le chlorate de sodium et ont coop\u00e9r\u00e9 avec la Commission dans le cadre de son programme de cl\u00e9mence. La Commission a inflig\u00e9 des amendes de plus de 79 millions d'euros \u00e0 tous les groupes de soci\u00e9t\u00e9s.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Le 31 mai 2011, CDC a intent\u00e9 une action en dommages et int\u00e9r\u00eats contre Akzo Nobel, EKA Chemicals, Kemira Chemicals et Arkema France devant le tribunal d'Amsterdam, aux Pays-Bas. Auparavant, dix entreprises de p\u00e2tes et papiers, avec un total de 27 sites de production situ\u00e9s dans 9 pays europ\u00e9ens, avaient vendu \u00e0 CDC leurs demandes de dommages et int\u00e9r\u00eats r\u00e9sultant du cartel du chlorate de sodium. Elles repr\u00e9sentent pr\u00e8s de la moiti\u00e9 de la demande europ\u00e9enne totale de chlorate de sodium.<\/p>

Sur base de donn\u00e9es d\u00e9taill\u00e9es des transactions recueillies aupr\u00e8s des entreprises ayant subi des dommages, CDC a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 \u00e0 l'aide de ses experts \u00e9conomiques externes, que le cartel avait entra\u00een\u00e9 d'importants surco\u00fbts de prix. Les acheteurs de chlorate de sodium ont subi des dommages pour lesquels les membres du cartel sont conjointement et solidairement responsables. Le montant total des dommages, y compris les int\u00e9r\u00eats r\u00e9clam\u00e9s par CDC, s'\u00e9levait \u00e0 plus de 100 millions d'euros.<\/p>

Le 4 juin 2014, le tribunal de district d'Amsterdam a confirm\u00e9 sa comp\u00e9tence internationale pour entendre l'affaire. Dans ce jugement historique, le tribunal a estim\u00e9 que toutes les entreprises, dont la Commission a constat\u00e9 la participation \u00e0 l'entente, peuvent \u00eatre poursuivies ensemble au lieu o\u00f9 l'une d'entre elles a son si\u00e8ge. La Cour a \u00e9galement confirm\u00e9 que cela s'applique aux soci\u00e9t\u00e9s m\u00e8res telles qu'Akzo Nobel, qui \u00e9tait destinataire de la D\u00e9cision de la Commission lui infligeant une amende et dont les filiales ont directement particip\u00e9 aux r\u00e9unions de l'entente. Elle a \u00e9galement rejet\u00e9 l'argument selon lequel elle n'\u00e9tait pas comp\u00e9tente en raison de sa comp\u00e9tence g\u00e9n\u00e9rale et des clauses d'arbitrage pr\u00e9tendument convenues dans le cadre de certains contrats de fourniture concernant l'achat de chlorate de sodium, puisque les demandes de dommages-int\u00e9r\u00eats li\u00e9es \u00e0 l'entente ne sont pas li\u00e9es d'une relation contractuelle mais r\u00e9sultent de la manipulation clandestine du march\u00e9 par tous les membres de l'entente. La Cour d'appel d'Amsterdam a ensuite confirm\u00e9 le jugement de premi\u00e8re instance par une d\u00e9cision du 21 juillet 2015. Sur le fond, le tribunal d'Amsterdam a confirm\u00e9 la validit\u00e9 des cessions par jugement du 10 mai 2017, mais a consid\u00e9r\u00e9 certaines demandes comme \u00e9tant d\u00e9j\u00e0 prescrites. CDC et Kemira Chemicals ont fait appel du jugement de premi\u00e8re instance.<\/p>

Le 4 f\u00e9vrier 2020, la Cour d'appel d'Amsterdam a rendu un jugement historique selon lequel les demandes de CDC contre Kemira Chemicals ne sont pas prescrites et a confirm\u00e9 la validit\u00e9 des cessions. Ce jugement apporte une s\u00e9curit\u00e9 juridique suppl\u00e9mentaire dans le domaine de l'application des r\u00e8gles de concurrence dans le secteur priv\u00e9. Le communiqu\u00e9 de presse de CDC concernant l'arr\u00eat de la Cour d'appel peut \u00eatre consult\u00e9 ici. Une traduction en anglais de l'arr\u00eat est \u00e9galement disponible\u00a0ici<\/a>. An English translation of the judgment is also available\u00a0ici<\/a>.<\/p>

Comme le montrent les articles de presse, les communiqu\u00e9s de presse, les rapports annuels et les d\u00e9clarations publiques des d\u00e9fendeurs, CDC a conclu des accords extrajudiciaires avec Arkema France, Akzo Nobel et Eka Chemicals et a retir\u00e9 l'action contre ces soci\u00e9t\u00e9s.<\/p>

La proc\u00e9dure se poursuit contre le seul d\u00e9fendeur restant, Kemira Chemicals, et est actuellement en cours devant le tribunal de district d'Amsterdam.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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