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Intel asked EU for a payment of $624 million for overturned anti-competitive fine

by Riya Ghosh
June 24, 2022
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The U.S. semiconductors conglomerate, Intel is requesting the EU to pay it an interest of $624 million for the nullified charges of $1.10 million, charged by the European Union on the company earlier in 2009.

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A microprocessor of Intel.
Source: PC Gamer

The antitrust pronouncement was nullified at the dawn of 2022 after which the semiconductor manufacturer went to the European Union’s General judicature asking for allowance and interest on the then imposed charges (which are now overturned). As a matter of fact, Intel is asking to return around 1/2 part of the amount charged on it, assumed from the European Central Bank’s refinancing rates.

For your remembrance, the semiconductor manufacturer purportedly participated in non-competitive disciplines that saw it offer restrictive allowances to major Original Equipment manufacturers like Dell, Lenovo, etc. This had given rise to challenges for its rivals like AMD to contest with their CPUs.

The EU issued a ruling in 2009 claiming that the company had practiced such disciplines between October 2002 and December 2007. It imposed one of the biggest penalties in money of that time on Intel asking it to pay $1.10 million.

Back in 2012, Intel challenged this ruling but the decision made was not in its favor so it decided to take the lawsuit to European Judicature in the year 2014 from where the case was transferred back to the General judicature in 2017. Since then this lawsuit is going from pillar to post.

In January 2022, the general court passed a ruling which was in the favor of the company. It stated that the European Union survey was incomplete and that the association did not demonstrate legitimate excellence and that the allowances at the core of the affair were non-competitive.

Intel demanding the compensation at this time is fascinating in itself. The entire debate is not finished even now because the European Union said in April that it is planning to call upon the most recent ruling of the judicature. The request of the company will certainly not be heard till the time a judgment is made over the EU’s appeal. However, the semiconductor manufacturer’s to get paid compensation and interests has made it obvious that Intel is willing to reach a settlement on this entire matter.

The semiconductor manufacturer has also requested the lawmakers to enforce extra charges if the European Union by any means makes the payment of the compensation late.

Intel was surfaced on July 18, 1968, and it turned out to be a significant component of making Silicon Valley a high-tech center. As of now, it is the largest semiconductor manufacturer around the globe.

 

 

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