Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 15 July 2015

Akzo Nobel NV and Others v European Commission

Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European markets in heat stabilisers — Decision finding two infringements of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Price fixing, market allocation and exchange of commercially sensitive information — Duration of the infringements — Limitation period — Duration of the administrative procedure — Reasonable time — Rights of the defence — Attribution of the infringements — Infringements committed by the subsidiaries, by a partnership without legal personality of its own and by a subsidiary — Calculation of the amount of the fines

Case T-47/10



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
28/08/2015 Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2015:506
15/07/2015 Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission
Judgment (extracts)
ECLI:EU:T:2015:506
15/07/2015 Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2015:506
15/07/2015 Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission
Application (OJ)
17/04/2010 Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

not yet published (Court Reports - general) - publication in extract form

Subject-matter

Annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 8682 final of 11 November 2009 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C.38.589 - Heat stabilisers) in respect of cartels in the markets for tin stabilisers and ESBO/esters heat stabilisers throughout the whole of the EEA involving price fixing, market sharing and the exchange of sensitive commercial information or, in the alternative, cancellation or reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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
        4.08.03.02.00 General
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
        4.08.03.03.07 Payment of the fine
          4.08.03.03.07.01 Joint and several liability for payment
            4.08.03.03.07.01.00 General
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.05 Rights of the defence and procedural guarantees
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
        4.08.03.03.05 Compliance with general principles and fundamental rights
          4.08.03.03.05.01 Equal treatment


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

Information not available


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 27/01/2010

Date of the Opinion

Information not available

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

15/07/2015


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 302 from 14.09.2015, p.30

Application: OJ C 100 from 17.04.2010, p.54

Name of the parties

Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Cartels de longue durée et conséquences des restructurations, Europe 2015 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.32-33 (FR)
  2. Idot, Laurence: Cartels de longue durée et conséquences des restructurations, Europe 2015 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.32-33 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

  • Competition
  • - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

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

Information not available

Judge-Rapporteur

Labucka

Advocate General

Information not available

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

    Information not available