Reports of Cases

2011 II-03639

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, annulment or 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 : paragraphs 37 - 50, 69, 91, 92
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 -P1 : paragraphs 65, 72 - 80, 89, 90, 98, 153, 201
• Regulation 17/62 -A15P2 : paragraph 120
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) : paragraphs 141, 142
• Regulation 1/2003 -A23 : paragraph 140
• Regulation 1/2003 -A23P2LA : paragraph 120
• Regulation 1/2003 -A23P3 : paragraph 120
• Regulation 1/2003 -A25P2 : paragraph 169
• Commission - Other Acts - 52001XC1222(03) : paragraph 65
• Commission - Other Acts - 52004XC0427(06) -P53 : paragraphs 86 - 119
• Commission - Other Acts - 52004XC0427(06) -P54 : paragraph 104
• Commission - Other Acts - 52004XC0427(06) -P55 : paragraphs 108, 116
• Commission - Other Acts - 52004XC0427(06) -P78 : paragraph 86
• Commission - Other Acts - 52004XC0427(06) -P82 : paragraph 86
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01) : paragraphs 120, 142, 145, 154
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01) -P19 : paragraphs 129, 184
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01) -P20 : paragraph 129
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01) -P21 : paragraph 129
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01) -P22 : paragraph 130
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01) -P23 : paragraph 131
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01) -P24 : paragraph 167
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01) -P28 : paragraph 180
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01) -P29 : paragraphs 182, 183, 189, 192
• Commission - Other Acts - 52009XC1204(03) : paragraph 144
• Commission - Other Acts - 52010XC1112(01) : paragraph 144
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -56/64 : paragraphs 73, 89
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -56/65 : paragraphs 65, 90
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/69 : paragraphs 65, 90
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -48/69 : paragraph 40
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/73 : paragraphs 137, 138
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 : paragraph 138
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -172/80 : paragraph 86
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -107/82 : paragraph 52
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -170/83 : paragraph 40
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -91/85 : paragraph 134
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -311/85 : paragraphs 99, 100
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -29/89 : paragraph 153
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -174/89 : paragraph 134
• General Court - Judgment T -143/89 : paragraphs 73, 89, 138
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -41/90 : paragraph 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/92 : paragraphs 76, 137, 183
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -199/92 : paragraph 157
• General Court - Judgment T -29/92 : paragraph 92
• General Court - Judgment T -374/94 : paragraphs 72, 73
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -219/95 : paragraphs 89, 138
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -306/96 : paragraph 90
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -286/98 : paragraphs 40, 58
• General Court - Judgment T -62/98 : paragraph 91
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -309/99 : paragraph 86
• General Court - Judgment T -61/99 : paragraph 154
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -204/00 : paragraphs 37, 157, 158
• General Court - Judgment T -213/00 : paragraph 90
• General Court - Judgment T -241/01 : paragraphs 125, 138
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/02 : paragraph 109
• General Court - Judgment T -44/02 : paragraph 153
• General Court - Judgment T -62/02 : paragraph 137
• General Court - Judgment T -109/02 : paragraph 138
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -222/04 : paragraphs 47, 48
• General Court - Judgment T -73/04 : paragraph 139
• General Court - Judgment T -18/05 : paragraph 165
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -97/08 : paragraphs 52, 58
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -554/08 : paragraphs 139, 141, 142

Operative part

• Modifies : Commission - Other Acts - 52009XC0811(04)
• Modifies : Commission - Other Acts - 52009XC0811(04) -A02

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

Applications: OJ C 197 from 02.08.2008, p.30 ; OJ C 223 from 30.08.2008, p.45

Judgment: OJ C 226 from 30.07.2011, p.24

Name of the parties

Gosselin Group and Stichting Administratiekantoor Portielje 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)
2. Molin, Stefan: Uitoefening van beslissende invloed: aansprakelijkheid moedervennootschappen voor inbreuken groepsmaatschappijen, Actualiteiten mededingingsrecht 2011 p.108-117 (NL)

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
  
• Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds
  
• Appeal brought against a sanction : 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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