Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 16 June 2011.

Ziegler SA v European Commission.

Competition - Cartels - International removal services market in Belgium - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Price-fixing - Market-sharing - Bid rigging - Appreciable effect on trade - Fines - 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines.

Case T-199/08.



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
15/07/2011 Ziegler v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2011:285
16/06/2011 Ziegler v Commission
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2011:285
16/06/2011 Ziegler v Commission
Order (OJ)
06/03/2009 Ziegler v Commission
Application (OJ)
19/07/2008 Ziegler v Commission
Order
ECLI:EU:T:2009:5
15/01/2009 Ziegler v Commission
Order (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2009:5
15/01/2009 Ziegler v Commission
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

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

1.
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
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.01 Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
      4.08.01.05
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.00 General
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.06 Statement of reasons
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
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
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
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
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
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


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 03/06/2008

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

  1. 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

  • French

Language(s) of the Opinion

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