Publication of Euribor decision (Case AT 39914)

14.6.2018

Question for written answer P-003231-18
to the Commission
Rule 130
Marco Valli (EFDD) , Piernicola Pedicini (EFDD) , Marco Zanni (ENF)

On 7 December 2016 the Commission fined Crédit Agricole, HSBC, and JP Morgan Chase more than EUR 485 million because they had been involved between 2005 and 2008 in the cartel seeking to rig the Euribor index. Eighteen months on, the decision has still not been made public, because parties have raised objections concerning the information to be treated as confidential.

DG Competition promised to publish the decision without delay and resolve the disputes with the parties as soon as possible.

A preliminary version of the decision, in which all the parties concerned by the confidentiality requests were blacked out, could at any rate be disclosed in order to cover the time lag until the requests had been fully considered and any legal actions brought by parties finally dealt with.

1. Why has the Commission not yet disclosed the decision, at least in a non-confidential preliminary form, and why has it not allowed it to be accessed in connection with the civil court appeal procedures?

2. When will it publish decision AT 39914? Will it make it available in all of the EU official languages?

3. What steps will it take to inform and guide consumers and authorities affected by the rigging of Euribor in order to help them exercise their right to compensation, thereby ensuring that EU competition law can be fully enforced?