中国日报网4月23日电（信莲）据美国《华尔街日报》4月23日报道，江苏省物价局周四表示，对戴姆勒(Daimler AG, DAI.XE)旗下梅赛德斯-奔驰(Mercedes-Benz)的价格垄断行为处以人民币3.5亿元（合5,600万美元）的罚款。
江苏省物价局发布公告称，梅赛德斯-奔驰与经销商合谋操纵整车及汽车配件的价格。
公告称，江苏省部分奔驰经销商被处以合计约人民币790万元的罚款。
这一公告发布的背景是，中国反垄断机构正对外国汽车生产商展开广泛调查，调查内容主要涉及汽车配件销售及售后服务。
去年9月份中国反垄断机构对奥迪(Audi AG)和克莱斯勒(Chrysler)共计处罚4,580万美元，理由是这两家汽车生产商的汽车销售及售后服务存在价格垄断行为。
Jiangsu province has announced a 350 million yuan ($57.1 million) fine on Mercedes-Benz, and 7.87 million yuan fine on some of its dealerships for their monopolies in finished vehicles and auto parts.
Jiangsu Provincial Price Bureau announced Thursday that Mercedes-Benz and the dealerships in Jiangsu province entered into monopoly agreements that violated the Chinese Anti-monopoly Law.
The German luxury carmaker said in its written reply that "Mercedes-Benz fully respects and accepts the findings and punishment decision, and will comply immediately.
"At the same time, we have developed, through a comprehensive self-examination, a series of targeted reform measures guided by the law enforcement authorities. Having drawn important lessons from this, we will ensure strict compliance with relevant laws, strengthening the legal and regulatory controls within our company, dealer network, and various business divisions to resolutely ensure that these issues do not arise again."
The bureau said from January 2013 to July 2014, the company forced the floor prices of Mercedes-Benz E-Class, S-Class finished cars through phones, verbal notices, or dealer meetings. The company also warned of reducing the support to dealers who did not comply with the price-fixing.
The carmaker also organized regional dealer meetings and entered the price fixing agreement of some auto parts with dealers from Suzhou since November 2010, and with dealers from Wuxi and Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, from January 2014.
Mercedes-Benz has lead and impelled the monopoly practices, so it was fined with 7 percent of its last year's sales revenue in the related market. The dealers were fined with 1 percent. The price bureau mitigated or waived the fines to those dealers who provided critical proofs