Fruit producer Del Monte has won a cut in its
14.7m-euro (£12.6m) European Union fine for rigging banana prices.
The EU General Court ruled Del Monte's fine be cut
to 8.82m euros due to the company's co-operation with regulators and mitigating
circumstances.
However, a 45.6m euros fine on Dole Food was upheld.
The company denies wrongdoing and has said it will appeal.
In 2008, the European Commission fined the companies
for price collusion in eight EU countries.
In a statement, Dole's president C. Michael Carter
said: "We strongly believe that the European competition laws were not
violated and we will appeal this decision to the EU Court of Justice.
The companies were found to have been involved in
price fixing between 2000 and 2002.
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