Commission Publishes Decision on Intel

The European Commission has published a non-confidential version of its Intel Decision adopted on 13 May 2009. This Decision found that Intel breached Article 82 of the EC Treaty by implementing a series of conditional rebates to computer manufacturers and to a European retailer and by taking other measures aimed at delaying the launch of computers based on competing products thereby excluding competitors from the market for x86 central processing units (CPUs).
 
The decision imposed a fine of EUR 1.06 billion and obliged Intel to cease the identified illegal practices, to the extent that they were ongoing, and not to engage in the same or equivalent practices in the future.
 
Read the European Commission’s press release here.

Review the case material here.