Estimation tool

Trucks cartel compensation calculator

Estimate in under two minutes what your business can recover, purchase overcharge and late payment interest included.

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Estimate the loss on your fleet

Three inputs are enough: the number of vehicles, the brands present and the dominant acquisition period. The result is an indicative range, not a firm figure.

1. How many trucks over 6 tonnes did you buy or hire between 1997 and 2014?

2. Which brands make up your fleet?

3. Which acquisition years dominate?

Estimated total loss, late payment interest included

Complete the three steps

Indicative estimate based on an average net price of EUR 100,000 per vehicle, an overcharge of 10 to 20 % and a statutory interest rate of 4 % per year. Only an audit of your documents produces a firm figure.

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How your claim is calculated

The original overcharge is only part of your claim. The decisive lever is the compounding of statutory late payment interest, accrued over twelve to twenty-eight years.

C = (V_b × α) × (1 + r)^t

C: total claimable compensation, principal and late payment interest combined
V_b: gross list price or net acquisition value of the vehicle
α: artificial overcharge applied by the cartel, between 10 and 20 %
r: average statutory annual interest rate applied by the court, 3 to 5 %
t: number of years elapsed since the original invoice was paid

A common mistake is to value the loss at the price increase alone. Because of the time elapsed since the infringement, accrued late payment interest now represents more than half of the final claimable value.

Worked example for a tractor unit at EUR 100,000

The table below shows the multiplier effect of late payment interest by year of acquisition, for a vehicle bought new at an average net price of EUR 100,000.

Year of acquisition	Direct overcharge at 15 %	Accrued interest	Total per vehicle
1999	EUR 15,000	+ EUR 27,800	EUR 42,800
2003	EUR 15,000	+ EUR 22,000	EUR 37,000
2007	EUR 15,000	+ EUR 16,900	EUR 31,900
2011	EUR 15,000	+ EUR 12,300	EUR 27,300

Frequently asked questions

Simply enter the estimated number of trucks. Registration documents, lease agreements or fixed-asset registers are then enough to validate the audit.

Yes. The calculation applies to the original overcharge, whether the vehicle was bought outright, taken on hire purchase, operated on long-term hire or already sold.

No. The simulation is free and commits you to nothing. You remain free to act or not on any claim purchase or litigation proposal.

A range of 10 to 20 % of the net price, in line with the econometric evidence accepted by European commercial courts, restated at 4 % per year.

Move from estimate to firm figure

The calculator gives a range. An audit of your documents gives an exact amount, within four weeks and with no commitment.

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