As of December 31, 2015, the provisions recognized in the annual financial statements 2014/15 in the amount of EUR 53.6 million for the antitrust proceedings and associated actions and costs relative to railway superstructure material as well as for the closure of TSTG Schienen Technik GmbH & Co KG have been reduced to EUR 45.6 million due to the use of these provisions.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has now reduced the fines handed down by the EU Commission (in October 2010) in connection with the European prestressing steel cartel. voestalpine also profits from this decision; its fine was reduced from the original amount of EUR 22 million to EUR 7.5 million. The fine was paid in the second quarter of 2015/16 and the remaining provisions (including provisions for interest) amounting to EUR 10.6 million were released to income.
Companies of the Special Steel Division of the voestalpine Group are affected by proceedings of the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) that became known as of November 26, 2015 due to searches of the premises of voestalpine’s competitors. voestalpine is taking these proceedings very seriously, is cooperating with the authorities, and currently does not expect that significant fines will be imposed against voestalpine in these proceedings. No provisions were formed in this regard in the current interim reporting period.
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