EUR 47 025 000 for giving its German agents instructions to sell new cars, in particular cars in the new E-class, as far as possible only to customers in their own contract territory and to avoid internal competition (from February 1996 to June 1999) and for requiring the payment of a deposit of 15% of the price of the vehicle for orders for new cars from customers from outside the territory (from September 1985); EUR 15 000 000 for prohibiting, from 1996, the German agents and Spanish dealers from supplying cars to leasing companies where no customer was identified, thus preventing them from establishing a stock; and EUR 9 800 000 for ...[+++] participating in agreements to restrict the granting of discounts in Belgium (these measures were applied from April 1995 to June 1999).

However, some undertakings, such as motor dealers and other retailers, act in some Member States as agents to lenders and obtain the evidence on their behalf.

Steps should be taken to avoid dealers or independent agents being able to apply for approval.

In a second infringement, DaimlerChrysler limited in Germany and Spain the sales of cars by Mercedes agents or dealers to independent leasing companies as long as these companies had not yet found customers ("lessees") for the cars concerned.

As a result, all the dealers and agents in Belgium and Luxembourg were deterred from passing on the special discount to customers who would not eventually register their vehicles in the business territory of the selling dealer or agent.

Following this intervention, the latter agreed to send special circulars to their dealers and agents, indicating that the list prices for the resale of vehicles and spare parts are to be considered as recommendations, and not binding on the dealers, who may thus charge lower prices to their private or trade customers.