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Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 24 June 2015

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. v European Commission and European Commission v Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.

Appeals — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European banana market — Coordination in the setting of quotation prices — Concept of ‘economic unit’ between two companies — Concept of ‘decisive influence’ — Whether the conduct of one company may be imputed to another — Distortion of evidence — Burden of proof — Principle of in dubio pro reo — Concept of ‘single and continuous infringement’ — Concept of ‘concerted practice’ — Concept of ‘infringement by object’ — Undertakings that are members of the same cartel — Communication of information to the Commission — Legal obligation — Scope — Protection against self- incrimination — Intervener at first instance — Cross-appeal — Admissibility

Joined Cases C-293/13 P and C-294/13 P

(Appeal Case before the General Court T-587/08)

Documents in the Case

Document

Date

Name of the parties

Subject-matter

Curia

EUR-Lex

Autres Liens

Judgment (OJ)

07/08/2015

Fresh Del Monte Produce v Commission and Commission / Fresh Del Monte Produce

Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices

Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2015:416

24/06/2015

Fresh Del Monte Produce v Commission and Commission / Fresh Del Monte Produce

Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices

Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2015:416

24/06/2015

Fresh Del Monte Produce v Commission and Commission / Fresh Del Monte Produce

Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices

Application (OJ)

09/08/2013

Fresh Del Monte Produce v Commission and Commission / Fresh Del Monte Produce

Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices

Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2014:2439

11/12/2014

Fresh Del Monte Produce v Commission and Commission / Fresh Del Monte Produce

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)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

3 Legal proceedings
3.10 Appeals
3.10.02 Jurisdiction over the appeal

3 Legal proceedings
3.10 Appeals
3.10.00 General

4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.01 Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
      4.08.01.07 Imputation of the unlawful conduct
        4.08.01.07.02 Imputation of the unlawful conduct of a subsidiary to its parent company
          4.08.01.07.02.02 Body of evidence demonstrating actual exercise of decisive influence

4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.01 Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
      4.08.01.00 General

4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.01 Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
      4.08.01.03 Single and continuous infringements
        4.08.01.03.01 Single and continuous infringements: constituent elements and imputation

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)
          4.08.03.03.04.04 Leniency
            4.08.03.03.04.04.03 Partial immunity
              4.08.03.03.04.04.03.05 Conduct of the undertaking

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
        4.08.03.02.04 Requests for information

Citations of case-law or legislation

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

27/05/2013

Date of the Opinion

11/12/2014

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

24/06/2015

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 279 from 24.08.2015, p.4

Application: OJ C 252 from 31.08.2013, p.18

Name of the parties

Fresh Del Monte Produce v Commission and Commission / Fresh Del Monte Produce

Notes on Academic Writings

Idot, Laurence: Cartel de la banane (1), Europe 2015 Août-Septembre Comm. nº 8-9 p.32-33 (FR)
Atlee, Laura ; Keres, Camille: Fresh Del Monte: Liability for an 80 per cent-Owned Indirect Subsidiary and Formalistic Application of the Leniency Notice, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2016 Vol. 7 nº 1 p.25-27 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
Agriculture
- Common organisation of the markets

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

Actions for annulment
Appeal brought against a sanction
Appeals

Formation of the Court

Deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Arabadjiev

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

English

Language(s) of the Opinion

German

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