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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber), 14 March 2013

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. v European Commission

Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market in bananas — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Information exchange system — Concept of a concerted practice having an anti-competitive object — Causal link between the collusion and the conduct of the undertakings on the market — Single infringement — Imputation of the infringement — Rights of the defence — Fines — Gravity of the infringement — Cooperation — Mitigating circumstances

Case T‑587/08

(Appeal Case before the Court of Justice C-293/13 P)

Documents in the Case

Document

Date

Name of the parties

Subject-matter

Curia

EUR-Lex

Autres Liens

Judgment (OJ)

12/04/2013

Fresh Del Monte Produce v Commission

Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices

Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2013:129

14/03/2013

Fresh Del Monte Produce v Commission

Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices

Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2013:129

14/03/2013

Fresh Del Monte Produce v Commission

Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices

Order
ECLI:EU:T:2010:42

17/02/2010

Fresh Del Monte Produce v Commission

Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices

Application (OJ)

21/02/2009

Fresh Del Monte Produce v Commission

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

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
          4.08.01.07.02.03 Presumption of actual exercise of decisive influence

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

3 Legal proceedings
3.08 Procedural rules
3.08.02 Intervention

3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.04 Subject-matter, form of order sought and pleas in law
      3.08.04.01 Formal requirements

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
      4.08.01.02 Agreements between undertakings, concerted practices and decisions by associations of undertakings
        4.08.01.02.02 Concerted practices

4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.01 Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
      4.08.01.04 Adverse effect on competition
        4.08.01.04.02 Restrictions by object or by effect
          4.08.01.04.02.01 Restrictions by object
            4.08.01.04.02.01.01 Prohibition of restrictions by object regardless of their effects

3 Legal proceedings
3.08 Procedural rules
3.08.02 Intervention

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

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

3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.04 Subject-matter, form of order sought and pleas in law
      3.08.04.03 New pleas in law

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)
          4.08.03.03.04.03 Adjustment to the basic amount
            4.08.03.03.04.03.01 Attenuating/mitigating circumstances according to the 1998 and 2006 Guidelines
              4.08.03.03.04.03.01.05 Non-implementation of the offending agreements
                4.08.03.03.04.03.01.05.01 Exclusively passive or ‘follow-my-leader’ role of the undertaking

1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.03 Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations

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
          4.08.03.03.05.05 Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations

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
        4.08.03.03.04 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
              4.08.03.03.04.04.03.03 Added value of the evidence
                4.08.03.03.04.04.03.03.02 2002 Notice

1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.01 Principle of equality and non-discrimination

Citations of case-law or legislation

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

31/12/2008

Date of the Opinion

Information not available

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

14/03/2013

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 44 from 21.02.2009, p.66

Judgment: OJ C 123 from 27.04.2013, p.15

Name of the parties

Fresh Del Monte Produce v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

Barbier de La Serre, Éric: Force et insuffisances du rattrapage par l'intervention, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2010 nº 24 p.55-56 (FR)
Idot, Laurence: Infraction unique et continue et échanges d'informations. Le Tribunal confirme l'analyse substantielle menée par la Commission dans l'affaire du cartel des bananes, mais réduit l'amende infligée à l'une des requérantes, en raison d'une participation partielle à l'entente et de sa coopération à la procédure, Europe 2013 Mai Comm. nº 5 p.25-27 (FR)
Ramondino, Marco: Fresh Del Monte Produce (Bananas case): "gossip" information exchange, "specific regulatory regime" defence and reduction of the fine for lack of awareness of the overall scope of the infringement, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2013 Vol. 4 nº 5 p.419-421 (EN)
Edelmann, Ulrich: Der Informationsaustausch zwischen Mitbewerbern - Ein kartellrechtlicher Problemaufriss aus Anlass der Entscheidungen des EuG T-587/08 und T-588/08, Wirtschaftsrechtliche Blätter 2013 p.665-673 (DE)

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 : dismissal on substantive grounds
Appeal brought against a sanction : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

Huitième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Martins Ribeiro

Advocate General

Information not available

Language(s) of the Case

English

Language(s) of the Opinion

Information not available

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