Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 16 December 2015

Latam Airlines Group SA, formerly Lan Airlines SA and Lan Cargo SA v European Commission

Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European airfreight market — Agreements and concerted practices in respect of several elements of the pricing of airfreight services (imposition of fuel and security surcharges, refusal to pay commission on surcharges) — Article 101 TFEU, Article 53 of the EEA Agreement and Article 8 of the Agreement between the European Community and Switzerland on Air Transport — Obligation to state reasons

Case T-40/11



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
22/01/2016 Latam Airlines Group and Lan Cargo v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2015:986
16/12/2015 Latam Airlines Group and Lan Cargo v Commission
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2015:986
16/12/2015 Latam Airlines Group and Lan Cargo v Commission
Order
ECLI:EU:T:2011:626
25/10/2011 Latam Airlines Group and Lan Cargo v Commission
Application (OJ)
12/03/2011 Latam Airlines Group and Lan Cargo v Commission
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

Annulment in part of Commission Decision C(2010) 7694 final of 9 November 2010 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU, Article 53 of the EEA Agreement and Article 8 of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport (Case COMP/39258 - Airfreight) concerning a cartel on the European airfreight market involving agreements and concerted practices in relation to several elements of the pricing of airfreight services (establishment of fuel surcharges and security surcharges, refusal to pay a commission on surcharges), and annulment or reduction of the fine imposed on the applicants.

Systematic classification scheme

1.
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.06 Statement of reasons
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.04 Pleas in law
      3.02.04.04 Infringement of essential procedural requirements
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
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
      4.08.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        4.08.03.02.08 Decision of the Commission
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
      4.08.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        4.08.03.02.08 Decision of the Commission
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
    4.08.01 Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
      4.08.01.00 General
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
        4.08.03.02.08 Decision of the Commission
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
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
      4.08.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        4.08.03.02.08 Decision of the Commission
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
      4.08.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        4.08.03.02.08 Decision of the Commission


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

  • 24/01/2011

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

16/12/2015


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 48 from 08.02.2016, p.34

Application: OJ C 80 from 12.03.2011, p.27

Name of the parties

Latam Airlines Group and Lan Cargo v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Bernardeau, Ludovic: Motivation, droit pénal et protection juridictionnelle devant les juges de l’Union: une, autre, "bouche de la loi"?, Revue des affaires européennes 2015 p.803-814 (FR)
  2. Idot, Laurence: Cartels et motivation des décisions, Europe 2016 Février Comm. nº 2 p.32-33 (FR)
  3. Choné-Grimaldi, Anne-Sophie: Vice de motivation - Annulation d'un décision de la Commission : Le Tribunal de l'Union européenne annule la décision rendue par la Commission européenne dans le cartel du fret aérien, en raison d'une contrariété entre les motifs et le dispositif, Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2016 nº 1 p.84-85 (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
  • Appeal brought against a sanction

Formation of the Court

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Judge-Rapporteur

Kanninen

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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