Reports of Cases
2011 II-03507
Subject-matter
Annulment of Commission Decision C (2008) 926 final of 11 March 2008 on a proceeding under Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/38.543 - International Removal Services) concerning a cartel on the Belgian market for international removal services, covering direct and indirect price-fixing, market-sharing, and rigging of the procedure under invitations to tender and, in the alternative, annulment or reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant
Systematic classification scheme
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4.08.01.01 Prohibition of agreements, decisions and concerted practices
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.08 Competition
4.08.01 Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
4.08.01.01 Prohibition of agreements, decisions and concerted practices
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.08 Competition
4.08.01 Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
4.08.01.05
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
2.05.00 General
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
2.05.06 Statement of reasons
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.08 Competition
4.08.03 Implementation of the competition rules
4.08.03.03 Fines imposed by the Commission
4.08.03.03.06 Obligation to state the reasons for a decision
4.08.03.03.06.03 Method of calculating the fine
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4.08.03.02.06 Hearing of persons concerned and of third parties / Access to the file
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.08 Competition
4.08.03 Implementation of the competition rules
4.08.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
4.08.03.02.06 Hearing of persons concerned and of third parties / Access to the file
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.08 Competition
4.08.03 Implementation of the competition rules
4.08.03.03 Fines imposed by the Commission
4.08.03.03.04 Fines for infringement of Articles 101 TFEU and 102 TFEU (Articles 81 EC and 82 EC)
4.08.03.03.04.02 Basic amount
4.08.03.03.04.02.01 Basic amount according to the 2006 Guidelines
4.08.03.03.04.02.01.02 Degree of gravity
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.08 Competition
4.08.03 Implementation of the competition rules
4.08.03.03 Fines imposed by the Commission
4.08.03.03.04 Fines for infringement of Articles 101 TFEU and 102 TFEU (Articles 81 EC and 82 EC)
4.08.03.03.04.03 Adjustment to the basic amount
4.08.03.03.04.03.01 Attenuating/mitigating circumstances according to the 1998 and 2006 Guidelines
4.08.03.03.04.03.01.06 Cessation of the infringement upon the Commission's first intervention
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.08 Competition
4.08.03 Implementation of the competition rules
4.08.03.03 Fines imposed by the Commission
4.08.03.03.04 Fines for infringement of Articles 101 TFEU and 102 TFEU (Articles 81 EC and 82 EC)
4.08.03.03.04.03 Adjustment to the basic amount
4.08.03.03.04.03.01 Attenuating/mitigating circumstances according to the 1998 and 2006 Guidelines
4.08.03.03.04.03.01.04 Anti-competitive conduct encouraged by public authorities
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.08 Competition
4.08.03 Implementation of the competition rules
4.08.03.03 Fines imposed by the Commission
4.08.03.03.04 Fines for infringement of Articles 101 TFEU and 102 TFEU (Articles 81 EC and 82 EC)
4.08.03.03.04.03 Adjustment to the basic amount
4.08.03.03.04.03.04 Ability to pay according to the 2006 Guidelines
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Citations of case-law or legislation
References in grounds of judgment
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81
: paragraphs 45, 46, 104
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81
-P1 : paragraphs 43, 44, 50, 53, 114, 123, 129
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 230
: paragraph 87
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 253
: paragraphs 87, 95
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General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991)
-A44P1LC : paragraph 47
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Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31996Y0718(01)
: paragraph 160
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Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01)
: paragraph 91
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Commission - Other Acts - 52004XC0427(06)
: paragraphs 48, 49, 51
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Commission - Other Acts - 52004XC0427(06)
-P53 : paragraphs 53, 69, 73
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Commission - Other Acts - 52004XC0427(06)
-P54 : paragraph 61
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Commission - Other Acts - 52004XC0427(06)
-P55 : paragraphs 49, 66, 68, 72
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Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01)
: paragraph 138
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Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01)
-P19 : paragraphs 91, 139
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Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01)
-P21 : paragraphs 91, 139
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Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01)
-P20 : paragraph 139
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Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01)
-P22 : paragraph 140
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Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01)
-P23 : paragraphs 91, 141
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Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01)
-P29 : paragraphs 152, 153, 157
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Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01)
-P35 : paragraphs 165, 167, 168, 170
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Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01)
-P37 : paragraph 171
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Commission - Other Acts - 52009XC0811(04)
: paragraphs 1 - 173
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -56/64
: paragraph 43
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -56/65
: paragraph 44
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/69
: paragraphs 44, 47
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -311/85
: paragraphs 54, 55
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General Court - Judgment T -143/89
: paragraph 43
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -121/91
: paragraph 87
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General Court - Judgment T -29/92
: paragraph 46
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -219/95
: paragraph 43
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -367/95
: paragraphs 87, 95
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General Court - Judgment T -84/96
: paragraph 95
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -306/96
: paragraph 44
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General Court - Judgment T -62/98
: paragraph 45
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General Court - Judgment T -191/98
: paragraph 104
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -248/98
: paragraph 90
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General Court - Judgment T -31/99
: paragraph 106
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General Court - Judgment T -82/00
: paragraph 87
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -204/00
: paragraphs 121 - 123
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General Court - Judgment T -213/00
: paragraph 44
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General Court - Judgment T -236/01
: paragraph 88
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General Court - Judgment T -241/01
: paragraphs 89, 135, 136
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General Court - Judgment T -43/02
: paragraph 114
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General Court - Judgment T -49/02
: paragraph 89
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General Court - Judgment T -109/02
: paragraph 113
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/02
: paragraph 67
Operative part
Opinion
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Dates
Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings
Date of the Opinion
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Date of the hearing
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Date of delivery
16/06/2011
References
Publication in the Official Journal
Application: OJ C 183 from 19.07.2008, p.28
Order: OJ C 69 from 21.03.2009, p.38
Judgment: OJ C 226 from 30.07.2011, p.24
Name of the parties
Ziegler v Commission
Notes on Academic Writings
- Idot, Laurence: Ententes horizontales et sanctions. Le Tribunal confirme, pour l'essentiel, la décision de la Commission relative à une entente sur le marché belge des déménagements internationaux en opérant un contrôle étroit sur l'application des Lignes directrices de 2006 en matière de sanctions, Europe 2011 Août-Sept. Comm. nº 8-9 p.33-35 (FR)
Procedural Analysis Information
Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling
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Subject-matter
- Competition
- - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
Provisions of national law referred to
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Provisions of international law referred to
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Procedure and result
- Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds
- Action for damages : dismissal on substantive grounds
Formation of the Court
huitième chambre (Tribunal)
Judge-Rapporteur
Dittrich
Advocate General
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Language(s) of the Case
Language(s) of the Opinion
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