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Philips and Samsung Electronics on Friday acknowledged that two companies spot checks by Commission officials this week, was suspected of acts of unfair competition.

The European Commission announced on Thursday that its officers on Tuesday raided several production and sales of consumer electronics and small appliances business, because some of these companies limit the products sold on the Internet, thus raising the prices.

The European Commission believes that the company violated EU fair competition laws. The European Commission said in a statement: "If these restrictions exist, consumers might face higher consumption cost. ”

The EU Commission did not indicate which raided the companies offices, however, Philips and Samsung Electronics said, has cooperated with the EU Commission checks.

In addition to Samsung and Philips, Germany consumer electronics retailing giant also confirmed Media-Saturn were raided by EU.

欧盟反垄断大棒挥向三星和飞利浦 - 三星,飞利浦 - IT资讯
欧盟反垄断大棒挥向三星和飞利浦

飞利浦和三星电子周五承认，两家公司本周遭到欧盟委员会官员的突击检查，原因是被怀疑存在不正当竞争行为。

欧盟委员会周四称，其官员本周二突击检查了几家生产和销售消费电子产品和小家电的企业，原因是这些企业限制部分产品在网络上销售，从而提高产品价格。

欧盟委员会认为，这些公司的行为违反了欧盟的公平竞争法。欧盟委员会在一份声明中称：“如果这些限制行为真实存在，可能给消费者带来更高的消费成本。”

欧盟委员会并未说明突击检查了这几家公司的哪些办事机构，但飞利浦和三星电子表示，已经配合了欧盟委员会的检查。

除了三星和飞利浦，德国消费电子产品零售巨头Media-Saturn也证实遭到欧盟的突袭。