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Who receives the fine, and is it disbursed in some way to the citizens of EU member states?



According to this [0], which was the press release for Intel's fine, it gets taken off the EU central budget so the member states pay less net. The EU budget is ~145bn EUR I believe.

[0] http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-09-235_en.htm?loca...




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