Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 26 September 2013 – Alliance One International, Inc. v European Commission
(Case C-668/11 P) 1
(Appeal – Competition – Agreements, decisions and concerted practices – Spanish market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco – Price-fixing and market-sharing – Infringement of Article 81 EC – Whether unlawful conduct of a subsidiary attributable to its parent company – Deterrent effect – Equal treatment – Cooperation – Obligation to state reasons – Mitigating circumstances)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Appellant: Alliance One International, Inc. (represented by: M. Odriozola and A. Vide, Abogados)
Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, and J. Bourke, Agents)
Re:
Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 October 2011 in Case T-38/05 Agroexpansion v Commission, by which the General Court rejected, in part, an application for the partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2004) 4030 final of 20 October 2004 relating to a proceeding under Article 81(1) [EC] (Case COMP/C.38.238/B2 – Raw tobacco – Spain)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the appeal;
2. Orders Alliance One International, Inc. to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 89, 24.3.2012.