Reports of Cases

2011 II-07583

Subject-matter

Partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2008) 2626 final of 11 June 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/38.695 – Sodium Chlorate) concerning a cartel on the sodium chlorate market in the EEA relating to the allocation of sales volumes, price-fixing, exchange of commercially sensitive price and sales volume information and the monitoring of the implementation of those arrangements 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

• Single European Act 1986, preamble : paragraph 94
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 : paragraphs 56, 60, 98, 100, 213
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 -P1 : paragraph 90
• EU Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 6 -P2 : paragraph 94
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 230 : paragraph 90
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 47 : paragraph 94
• Agreement on the European Economic Area -A53 : paragraphs 98, 100
• Agreement on the European Economic Area -A53P1 : paragraph 107
• Regulation 1/2003 : paragraphs 60, 109, 293
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01) : paragraphs 252, 255, 260 - 262, 264, 265, 267, 269, 271, 273, 279 - 281
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/73 : paragraph 277
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -27/76 : paragraph 93
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 : paragraph 293
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -240/82 : paragraphs 285, 292
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -29/83 : paragraphs 95, 228
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -89/85 : paragraphs 95, 228
• General Court - Judgment T -12/89 : paragraph 293
• General Court - Judgment T -68/89 : paragraphs 95, 228
• General Court - Judgment T -150/89 : paragraph 293
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/92 : paragraphs 90, 277
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -199/92 : paragraph 94
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -235/92 : paragraph 94
• General Court - Judgment T -229/94 : paragraph 293
• General Court - Judgment T -304/94 : paragraph 293
• General Court - Judgment T -305/94 : paragraphs 92, 96, 155, 108, 228, 246
• General Court - Judgment T -308/94 : paragraph 297
• General Court - Judgment T -311/94 : paragraphs 285, 292
• General Court - Judgment T -317/94 : paragraphs 285, 292
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -185/95 : paragraph 90
• General Court - Judgment T -25/95 : paragraphs 103, 206, 296
• General Court - Judgment T -49/95 : paragraph 293
• General Court - Judgment T -45/98 : paragraph 278
• General Court - Judgment T -62/98 : paragraphs 95, 228
• General Court - Judgment T -191/98 : paragraph 264
• General Court - Judgment T -202/98 : paragraph 264
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -238/99 : paragraphs 96, 109, 110, 113, 155, 228, 246
• General Court - Judgment T -23/99 : paragraph 293
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -204/00 : paragraphs 97, 246
• General Court - Judgment T -50/00 : paragraphs 98, 102, 206
• General Court - Judgment T -67/00 : paragraphs 91, 93, 100, 101, 104, 206
• General Court - Judgment T -213/00 : paragraph 264
• General Court - Judgment T -220/00 : paragraphs 277, 278, 284, 296, 297
• General Court - Judgment T -44/02 : paragraphs 97, 246
• General Court - Judgment T -59/02 : paragraph 306
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -105/04 : paragraphs 109, 110, 113
• General Court - Judgment T -120/04 : paragraphs 105, 165, 206
• General Court - Judgment T -36/05 : paragraph 99
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -407/08 : paragraphs 217, 227

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 26/08/2008

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

25/10/2011

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 285 from 08.11.2008, p.44

Judgment: OJ C 355 from 03.12.2011, p.15

Name of the parties

Aragonesas Industrias y Energía v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Idot, Laurence: Cartels et preuve de la participation, Europe 2011 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.470 (FR)
2. Jalabert-Doury, Nathalie: Standard de preuve - Imputabilité : Le Tribunal de l’UE réduit substantiellement la période d’infraction d’une entreprise mais maintient les principes ayant conduit à la responsabilité conjointe et solidaire d’une autre entreprise dans l’affaire du chlorate de sodium (Aragonesas Industrias y Energia c/ Commission ; Uralita c/ Commission), Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2012 nº 1 p.94-95 (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
  
• Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds
  
• Appeal brought against a sanction : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Jürimäe

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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