BRUSSELS, March 1 (Reuters) - Italian oil and gas major Eni faces an additional 90.75-million-euro ($118.64million) fine for its role in a 2006 synthetic rubber cartelcase, EU antitrust regulators said on Friday.
The European Commission penalised Eni and its Versalis unita total of 272.25 million euros in 2006 for participating in acartel together with five other companies, including Germany'sBayer, U.S. company Dow and Shell.
The EU competition authority said it had informed Eni andVersalis, previously known as Polimeri Europa, that it intendsto reimpose an increase in the fine because it was a repeatoffence. The additional amount would be 90.75 million euros,which it wants reimposed after a court ruling in an appeal.
