Milk
cartel

Milk
cartel

The sanction imposed on the main Spanish dairy producers in July 2019 by the Spanish Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC in Spanish) due to operating a cartel allowed farmers who sold milk between 2000 to 2013 can be claimed from dairy producers for damages suffered by anti-competitive practices.

¿What are the grounds of the claim?
¿What are the grounds of the claim?

The existence of an illegal agreement between the cow's milk purchasing groups to operate a buyer cartel, in other words, deciding to implement a common strategy to lower the price of milk and make more money as a result.

Who is the lawsuit being brought against?

According to the resolution issued by the CNMC in July 2019, the claim is brought against any of the companies belonging to the cartel, who are Calidad Pascual, Corporación Alimentaria Peñasanta, Danone, Grupo Lactalis Iberia, Nestlé España, Puleva, Schreiber Food España (formerly Senoble Ibérica), Central Lechera de Galicia (CELEGA), Asociación de Empresas Lácteas de Galicia and Gremio de Industrias Lácteas de Cataluña (GIL)

What is the sum?

What is the sum that farmers done out of money can claim?

The CNMC recognises in its resolution that the dairy industries manipulated the price by more than 10%, which means that each farmer could claim at least 10% of his/her turnover for the time that the cartel was in existence (since 2000).

What is the deadline?

Claims can be made until July 2020. Every farmer affected between 2000 and 2013 can make a claim.

What is required?

Invoices for the sale of milk between 2000 to 2013 showing the selling price and volume sold. If no invoices are available, any other document showing the litres sold and the amount paid.

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What is the sum?

What is the deadline?

What is required?

Simulator

Simulator

This calculator allows you to work out how much money you are entitled to claim. Follow the instructions below to calculate this amount:

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**Rough figure to be checked by experts. Based on the July 2019 CNMC resolution

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