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title: "Intel receives a $400 million fine from Europe; here's why"  
description: "The European Commission fined Intel €376.36 million ($400 million) in an antitrust complaint concerning its actions from 2002 to 2006."  
author: "Saumya Mishra"  
published: 2023-09-23  
updated: 2023-09-23  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/3346/intel-receives-a-400-million-fine-from-europe-here-s-why  
category: "technology"  
tags: ["finance"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Intel receives a $400 million fine from Europe; here's why

The [European](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/36927/why-was-inbreeding-tolerated-in-medieval-european-royalty) [Commission](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62212/who-has-been-elected-as-the-first-female-president-of-the-european-commission) has imposed a €376.36 million ($400 million) fine on Intel in an [antitrust](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41804/the-sherman-antitrust-act-imposed-limitations-upon-which-group) case involving its actions between 2002 and 2006. The company blocked the sales of devices powered by its competitors' x86 CPUs. In 2009, the Commission imposed a €1.13 billion fine on Intel for alleged market abuse. The fine was thrown out last year by the Luxembourg-based General Court.

The [court ruled](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41923/what-did-the-supreme-court-ruled-in-the-1925-case-gitlow-v-new-york) that Intel illegally excluded AMD from the market, prompting the EU antitrust watchdog to re-open the case. The court also found Intel provided hidden rebates and incentives to manufacturers for buying [processors](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96913/name-of-the-latest-computer-processors-cpu) from Intel and paid them to delay or cease the launch of [products](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2358/apple-will-use-us-made-semiconductors-in-its-products-to-lessen-its-dependency-on-asia) powered by rivals' CPUs.

**Intel's open [restrictions](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2343/a-handbook-for-social-media-parental-restrictions) policy**

The European Commission has re-imposed a fine on Intel for its naked restrictions [practice](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1498/terrific-benefits-of-a-morning-meditation-practice), confirming that it amounted to an abuse of its dominant market position under EU [competition](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23460/5-ways-you-can-use-competition-to-your-benefit) rules. The fine is based on the same [parameters](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/87/passing-parameters-in-c-sharp) as the 2009 Commission's decision, reflecting a narrower scope of the infringement compared to that decision.

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