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A court in Germany has found that antitrust laws were breached over a 27-year period in the management of timber contracts, potentially leading to damages of up to \u20ac500 million.<\/span>
\nIn the legal dispute between several sawmills and the state of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs: the years of wood marketing was unlawful.<\/p>\n

The Ausgleichsgesellschaft consists of a group of 36 sawmills which sought damages of around \u20ac450 million (including interest). The plaintiff accused the state of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg of having operated a log wood cartel for decades, forcing sawmills to pay inflated prices.<\/p>\n

For years, the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg forestry administration has largely managed the sale of roundwood centrally - and in doing so has violated antitrust law. This was the decision of the Higher Regional Court in Stuttgart on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Federal Cartel Office banned the sale of wood in 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

The legal dispute concerns the quantities of roundwood that the state sold between 1978 and 2015. The Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg forestry administration centrally marketed around two thirds of the roundwood - such as tree trunks - from the state's forest areas. Around a quarter of these forests belonged to the state, the rest was distributed among municipalities and private individuals.<\/p>\n

The same price was charged for the wood regardless of its origin. This led to a noticeable distortion of competition. In 2015, the Federal Cartel Office classified the sales practice as a violation of competition law and banned it. Since then, there has been a legal dispute over the issue - the state has now reformed the controversial forestry administration.<\/p>\n

BW Agriculture Minister Hauk remains calm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg's Minister of Agriculture Peter Hauk (CDU) was calm when speaking to SWR: \"It was to be expected that the verdict would be similar. We acted on the basis of the constitutional order at the time - it was clearly laid down what the state was doing,\" said Hauk. The case could still go as far as the Federal Court of Justice to determine whether this was a timber cartel or not. The amount of damages will only be calculated once the verdict is final.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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