Bekanntlich sind die späten Auswirkungen des Monopols in verschiedenen Ländern immer noch vorhanden. Das steht im Konflikt zum Wettbewerbsrecht. Am meisten "verschlossen" ist immer noch Frankreich. In Finnland ist der Vertrieb vom Alkohol fest in Alko Oy Hand. Alkoholimporte sind bereits offen für Mitbewerber.
Zwei Jahre nach dem EU-Beitritt, 1997 wurde eine Geldstrafe in der Höhe von 5 Mio. FIM auf die Firma Valio auferlegt.
http://www.oecd.org/ <span style="font-size:7pt;">Hup hup Ingman!As stated in the previous annual report, the Competition Council imposed, on 24 October 1997, on the Finnish dairy products company Valio Oy a competition infringement fine of FIM 5 million for an abuse of dominant position in the Finnish liquid dairy product markets. According to the rebate table applied by Valio, the retailers were granted discounts from the prices of liquid dairy products on the basis of the average value of all the products (liquid daily products, cheese, fats, ice-cream, snacks and juice) obtained form Valio. In order to obtain a full discount, retailers had to concentrate all the purchases of liquid dairy products to Valio, which had the effect of tying customers and excluding competitors from the
markets. Additionally, the marketing money employed by Valio and granted on the basis of total purchases had the same effect. The amount of marketing money varied according to the level of competition in different regions of the country, and customers who were equals measured by their total purchases could receive different amounts of marketing money. The Competition Council did not allow Valio’s claim that it was a question of lawfully meeting competition. The Council found that Valio also sought to capture the markets and strengthen its market dominance.
The Supreme Administrative Court came to the same conclusion as the Competition Council
dismissed, by its decision of 11 November 1998, the appeal lodged by Valio on the Council’s decision. its decision, the Supreme Administrative Court expressly stated that Valio has been found guilty of abuse of dominant position under Article 86 of the EC Treaty, in addition to the national legislation.
[/color]Ähnliche Fälle gab es im Laufe der Jahre auf dem Elektromarkt in Deutschland (Strafmass 280 Mio. DM - ups, Valios Strafe war ja Kleingeld) sowie für die Firma Volvo in Schweden.