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Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 July 2013

Team Relocations NV and Others v European Commission

Appeals — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — International removal services market in Belgium — Direct and indirect price-fixing, market-sharing and manipulation of the procedures for the submission of tenders — Single and continuous infringement — Imputability — Guidelines on the method of setting fines (2006) — Value of sales — Concept — Proportion — Additional amount — Mitigating circumstances — Obligation to state reasons — Imputability to the parent company of the infringement — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Article 23(2) — Ceiling of 10% of turnover — Proportionality

Case C‑444/11 P

(Appeal Case before the General Court T-204/08)

Documents in the Case

Document

Date

Name of the parties

Subject-matter

Curia

EUR-Lex

Autres Liens

Order
ECLI:EU:C:2013:656

03/10/2013

Team Relocations and Others v Commission

Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices

Judgment (OJ)

09/08/2013

Team Relocations and Others v Commission

Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices

Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2013:464

11/07/2013

Team Relocations and Others v Commission

Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices

Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:C:2013:464

11/07/2013

Team Relocations and Others v Commission

Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices

Application (OJ)

11/11/2011

Team Relocations and Others v Commission

Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices

Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

Appeal against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 16 June 2011 in Joined Cases T-204/08 and T-212/08 Team Relocations NV and Others v Commission, by which that Court dismissed an action for the partial annulment of Commission decision C(2008) 926 final of 11 March 2008 relating to 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 international removal services market, relating to the direct or indirect fixing of prices, market sharing and the manipulation of the procedure for the submission of tenders, and for the annulment or, in the alternative, the reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant

Systematic classification scheme

3 Legal proceedings
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.03 Grounds of appeal
      3.10.03.02 Issues relating to the admissibility of the pleas
        3.10.03.02.01 Challenging the decision under appeal

4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.01 Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
      4.08.01.03 Exemption from the prohibition
        4.08.01.03.01 Conditions for exemption

3 Legal proceedings
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.02 Jurisdiction over the appeal
      3.10.02.01 Exclusion of questions of fact
        3.10.02.01.01 Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence
          3.10.02.01.01.00 General

3 Legal proceedings
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.03 Grounds of appeal
      3.10.03.04 Substance of the pleas in law
        3.10.03.04.03 Infringement of EU law
          3.10.03.04.03.01 Insufficient or contradictory reasoning for the decision under appeal

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
              4.08.03.03.04.02.01.01 Value of sales

1 The legal order of the European Union
1.07 Interpretation of EU law

3 Legal proceedings
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.03 Grounds of appeal
      3.10.03.02 Issues relating to the admissibility of the pleas
        3.10.03.02.06 Pleas in law challenging decisions delivered in the exercise of unlimited jurisdiction

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
            4.08.03.03.04.02.02 Basic amount according to the 1998 Guidelines
              4.08.03.03.04.02.02.01 General starting amount
                4.08.03.03.04.02.02.01.00 General

3 Legal proceedings
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.03 Grounds of appeal
      3.10.03.03 Ineffective pleas in law

2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
2.05.06 Statement of reasons

3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.04 Subject-matter, form of order sought and pleas in law
      3.08.04.01 Formal requirements

4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.00 EU competition rules
      4.08.00.06 Definition of undertaking

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
            4.08.03.03.04.03.05 Maximum amount

1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.20 Equality before the law

Citations of case-law or legislation

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

26/08/2011

Date of the Opinion

Information not available

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

11/07/2013

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 347 from 26.11.2011, p.9

Judgment: OJ C 252 from 31.08.2013, p.9

Name of the parties

Team Relocations and Others v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

Idot, Laurence: Cartels, notion d'entreprise et valeur des lignes directrices. La Cour apporte d'importantes précisions sur l'utilisation de la notion d'entreprise à des fins de détermination des responsabilités et confirme la portée tant des lignes directrices relatives à l'affectation du commerce entre États membres que de celles relatives au calcul des sanctions de 2006, Europe 2013 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.31-32 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

Actions for annulment
Action for damages
Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds
Appeals : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Jarašiūnas

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

English

Language(s) of the Opinion

Information not available

Reports of Cases

Subject-matter

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

Date of the Opinion

Date of the hearing

Date of delivery

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Name of the parties

Notes on Academic Writings

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Subject-matter

Provisions of national law referred to

Provisions of international law referred to

Procedure and result

Formation of the Court

Judge-Rapporteur

Advocate General

Language(s) of the Case

Language(s) of the Opinion