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Annual Report 2013/14

Logistics: Air Freight Forwarding Industry

Proposed Infringement price and customer information the Parties were competitors
Decision Against 11 Air in relation to the provision of and attended meetings in
Freight Forwarders air freight forwarding services Japan where they exchanged
for shipments from Japan to information, discussed and
CCS issued a Proposed
Infringement Decision (PID) Singapore. agreed on certain fees and
against 11 freight forwarding surcharges in relation to air
companies and their Singapore CCS commenced investigations freight forwarding services for
subsidiaries/affiliates on 1 April after receiving an application shipments from Japan to other
2014 after provisional findings for immunity under CCS’s countries, including Singapore.
showed that the Parties had Leniency Programme from The PID is limited to anti-
infringed Section 34 of the one of the Parties involved in competitive agreements and/
Competition Act (Cap. 50B). The the alleged cartel. In CCS’s or concerted practices involving
infringement resulted from their provisional view, information the Japan to Singapore route.
collectively fixing certain fees received during the course of
and surcharges, and exchanging the investigation proved that