The Associated PressPublished: February 21, 2007
Under EU law, cartel practices can lead to fines of up to 10 percent of a participant’s global turnover — money goes into the EU budget and is deducted from national EU contributions. Cartel fines can be contested in the EU high court.
Some recipients of the largest EU cartel fines to date:
1) 2007: ThyssenKrupp AG – €479.7 million (about US$630.5 million)
2) 2001: Hoffmann-La Roche AG €462 million (US$607.3 million)
3) 2007: Siemens AG – €396.6 million (US$521.3 million)
4) 2006: Eni SpA – €272.3 million (US$357.9 million) (under appeal)
5) 2002: Lafarge SA – €249.6million (US$328.1 million) (under appeal)
6) 2001: BASF AG – €236.8 million (US$311.3 million)
7) 2006: Arkema – €219.1 million (US$288 million) (under appeal)
8) 2001: Arjo Wiggins Appleton PLC – €184.3 million (US$242.2 million) (under appeal)
9) 2006: Solvay SA – €167.1 million (US$219.6 million) (under appeal)
10) 2006: Royal Dutch Shell PLC – €160.9 million (US$211.5 million) (under appeal)
By sector:
2007: Elevators, escalators – €992.3 million (US$1.3 billion); 5 companies.
2007: Gas insulated switchgear – €750.5 million (US$986.5 million); 11 companies.
2006: Synthetic rubber – €519.1 million (US$682.3 million); 6 companies.
2006: Hydrogen Peroxide -€388.1 million (US$510.2 million); 9 companies.
2006: Acrylic Glass – €344.6 million (US$452.9 million); 5 companies.
2006: Copper fittings – €314.8 million (US$413.8 million); 11 companies.
2005: Industrial bags – €290.7 million (US$382.1 million); 16 companies.
2006: Bitumen – €266.7 million (US$350.6 million); 14 companies.
2004: Copper plumbing tubes – €222.3 million (US$292.2 million); 9 companies.
2005: Monochloroacetic acid – €216.9 million (US$285.1 million); 5 companies.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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