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　　芬兰电梯设备制造商通力公司1月18日表示，一些公司和社会团体称将向通力德国子公司及其他在德国经营电梯和自动扶梯公司索取总额7100万欧元的赔偿。

　　通力表示将会根据相关证据考虑索赔要求。

　　这些索赔的起因是由欧盟委员会2007年所做的决定，针对的是当时甚至早在2004年初就在比利时、卢森堡、德国和荷兰出现的一些破坏正当竞争的行为。欧盟委员会对被控告的公司处以共9.92亿欧元的罚款，这些公司除通力外还包括丹麦奥的斯、瑞士迅达和德国蒂森克虏伯。当时通力以索赔毫无根据为由向欧盟常设法庭提出上诉。

　　这一决定针对的是上述公司的共17家子公司，再加上三菱电梯欧洲BV，因其参加荷兰卡特尔以达到瓜分市场份额和固定电梯市场价格的目的。通力的一些子公司因为第一时间向法庭提供有关比利时和卢森堡卡特尔的信息，而免于处罚。

Kone says German customers claim EUR71m in damages

Finnish lifting equipment maker Kone Corp said today certain companies and public entities claimed a total of EUR71m in damages from its German subsidiary Kone GmbH, and other elevator and escalator companies operating in Germany.

Kone said it will consider the claims and the related evidence.

The claims resulted from a decision by the European Commission in 2007 on anticompetitive practices in Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and the Netherlands before early 2004. The Commission imposed fines totaling EUR992m on the accused companies which also included Danish Otis, Swiss Schindler and German ThyssenKrupp. Back then Kone filed an appeal with the General Court of the European Union (EU) as it considers the claims groundless.

The decision named a total 17 subsidiaries of the above groups, together with Mitsubishi Elevator Europe BV, which participated in the Dutch cartel with the aim to freeze market shares and fix prices in the sector. Some of Kone's subsidiaries were absolved from fines in respect of the cartels in Belgium and Luxembourg, as they were first to provide information about them.