Conroy
Anti-trust charter
Leading The Fight against Cartels
We support the fight against cartels, which restrict competition among suppliers to the detriment of customers.
What is a Cartel?
A Cartel is an agreement, concerted practice or conspiracy among competitors to fix prices, submit collusive tenders, divide or share markets and, more generally, restrict competition.
A Cartel is regarded as the most egregious violation of Anti-Trust laws in most jurisdictions, which may lead to the imposition of significant fines as well as, in certain jurisdictions, criminal penalties.
We Will Not Tolerate Cartel Conduct
Involvement in a cartel is unacceptable. It is against our core values of competing freely and fairly, based on the added value of its products and services.
The laws and regulations that sanction cartel conduct are in place in most jurisdictions. These laws and regulations are designed to promote free and fair competition and to protect consumers. Anti-Trust compliance programs are there to detect and prevent cartels.
Statement
Conroy Removals commit to legal and ethical behaviour, and to refrain from engaging in any business that will harm the interests of our company, clients, suppliers, or the industry. Conroy Removals will take steps to ensure they are fully infomed of applicable Anti-Trust laws and regulations in connection with cartel conduct and other Anti-Trust violations, and will monitor our employees and business partners to ensure full and continual compliance.
Legal Compliance
Conroy Removals will ensure that we are aware of all applicable laws and regulations covering anticompetitive practices in all the jurisdictions in which we operate, and that we will obey and uphold those laws and regulations.
Conroy Removals will ensure that we are aware of, and are complying with, applicable laws and regulations in connection with cartels.
Ethical Behaviour
As a demonstration of our commitment, Conroy Removals pledge to take a zero- tolerance approach to cartel conduct. At all times, Conroy Removals will act professionally, fairly and with the utmost integrity in all business dealings and relationships. This will apply wherever they operate.
Code Of Conduct
Conroy Removals undertakes to:
- Never make direct or indirect (via third parties including agents, suppliers or customers) contact with an actual or potential competitor or third party, the object of which is to engage in cartel behaviour.
- Never propose or reach an agreement, whether dirctly or indirectly, formally or informally, with actual or potential competitors, regarding any senstitive competition-related issues, including:
- Fixing Prices
- Dividing or sharing markets, customers or territories
- Rigging a competitive bidding process
- Report any indication or initiative of improper anticompetitive business conduct by an actual or potential competitor including but not limited to reporting to the relevant authorities.
- Not to participate in a meeting of a trade association in which sensitive competition-related issues are discussed. If such subjects are raised during a meeting, employees of our company will immediately ask for the discussion to end. If not, they will leave the meeting and ask for that to be noted in the minutes of the meeting.
- Ensure that all internal and external correspondence, including e-mails and texts, and documents, discussions and public statements do not contain any statements that might be misinterpreted by third parties or Anti-Trust authorities and courts in the context of a potential Anti-Trust investigation.
- Maintain independent judgment in pricing or selling of any products and/or services.
- Limit any information discussed during commercial negotiations, with or disclosed to competitors or other third parties, to that which is strictly necessary for completing or assessing the transaction.
