Reports of Cases

2011 II-03713

Subject-matter

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 market for international removal services, relating to direct and indirect price fixing, market sharing and manipulation of the tendering procedure and, in the alternative, reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 -P1 : paragraph 29
• Decision 2007/691 : paragraph 33
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/92 : paragraph 29
• General Court - Judgment T -28/99 : paragraph 30
• General Court - Order T -387/04 : paragraph 34
• General Court - Judgment T -81/07 : paragraph 34
• General Court - Judgment T -208/08 : paragraph 35

Operative part

• Modifies : Commission - Other Acts - 52009XC0811(04) -A01LI
• Modifies : Commission - Other Acts - 52009XC0811(04) -A02LK

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 04/06/2008

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 197 from 02.08.2008, p.30

Judgment: OJ C 226 from 30.07.2011, p.25

Name of the parties

Verhuizingen Coppens 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 : application granted
  
• Action for damages : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

huitième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Dittrich

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

• Dutch
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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