{"id":5795,"date":"2023-02-10T11:53:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T10:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/litigopartners.com\/?p=5795"},"modified":"2023-04-14T12:57:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T10:57:49","slug":"catsalut-has-filed-a-claim-for-e526-million-against-two-manufacturers-of-adult-nappies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/litigopartners.com\/en\/catsalut-has-filed-a-claim-for-e526-million-against-two-manufacturers-of-adult-nappies\/","title":{"rendered":"Catsalut has filed a claim for \u20ac526 million against two manufacturers of adult nappies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The “Servei Catal\u00e0 de la Salut” (or Catsalut), the Catalan regional public body for healthcare services, has filed a claim for \u20ac526 million against two manufacturers of adult nappies, and their subsidiaries in Spain, for fixing prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the first competition follow-on claim filed by a public body in Spain after a sanction imposed by the competition watchdog (“CNMC”), ratified later by the Spanish central High Court (“Audiencia Nacional”) and the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If successful, this claim will open the door for other regional health services to file complaints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For 18 years (1996-2014), eight companies and the Spanish Federation of Health Technology Companies (Fenin) formed a cartel to fix the selling prices of incontinence pads for non-hospitalised patients, which are bought in pharmacies and financed by the National Health Service (“Seguridad Social”)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, this health problem affects 2.5 million people in Spain and is the largest budget item for medical devices in the health system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catsalut is claiming \u20ac526 million compensation against Essity Spain, Essity Group Holding, Laboratorios Hartmann and Paul Hartmann Espa\u00f1a, a cartel of companies that fixed high prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As revealed by the CNMC and later confirmed by the courts, the cartelists constituted a “Working Group” on adult nappies and within the Fenin, including commercial companies such as Arbora & Ausonia (succeeded by Procter & Gamble Espa\u00f1a), Laboratorios Indas, SCA Hygiene Products, Laboratorios Hartmann, Ontex ID, Barna Import M\u00e9dica, Textil Planas Oliveras and Algodones del Bages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the CNMC, they fixed the selling prices of adult nappies marketed through pharmacies from December 1996 until January 2014. The market share of this cartel was 96%. The courts concluded through their agreement that they “artificially increased the selling price of adult nappies or urinary incontinence pads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNMC against nappies manufactures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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