STOCKHOLM: Electrolux said on Thursday it had been fined 44.5 million euros ($46.3 million) by the French Competition Authority in an antitrust case, and that the sum was covered by an accounting provision it made in 2023.

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The previously announced investigation was into alleged breaches of antitrust rules in France by the Swedish appliances maker and peers between 2009 and 2014, Electrolux said in a statement.