The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Thursday dismissed an appeal by Swedish truck maker Scania and upheld a fine of almost €900 million ($9.7 million) imposed by the European Commission for participating in an illegal cartel. The ECJ said it dismissed “in its entirety” an appeal by Scanian against an earlier ECJ ruling. The fine totalling €880.52 million is upheld, the court ruled. In 2017, the European Commission imposed the fine on the truck maker, which is part of the Volkswagen Group, for illegal pricing agreements with its competitors over a period of 14 years. The agreements concerned…