Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2011 - Schindler Holding and Others v Commission
(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for the installation and maintenance of elevators and escalators - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Bid-rigging - Market sharing - Price fixing)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicants: Schindler Holding Ltd (Hergiswil, Switzerland); Schindler Management AG (Ebikon, Switzerland); Schindler SA (Brussels, Belgium); Schindler Deutschland Holding GmbH (Berlin, Germany); Schindler Sàrl (Luxembourg, Luxembourg); and Schindler Liften BV (The Hague, Netherlands) (represented by: R. Bechtold, W. Bosch, U. Soltész and S. Hirsbrunner, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: K. Mojzesowicz and R. Sauer, Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Simm and G. Kimberley, Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision C (2007) 512 final of 21 February 2007 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] (Case COMP/E-1/38.823 − Elevators and Escalators) or, in the alternative, reduction of the amounts of the fines imposed on the applicants.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Declares that it is unnecessary to rule on the action in so far as it has been brought by Schindler Management AG;
Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
Orders Schindler Holding Ltd, Schindler SA, Schindler Deutschland Holding GmbH, Schindler Sàrl and Schindler Liften BV to pay the costs;
Orders Schindler Management to bear its own costs;
Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 155, 7.7.2007.