Judgment of the General Court of 29 February 2016 — EGL and Others v Commission

(Case T-251/12) ¹

(Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — International air freight forwarding services — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Price fixing — Surcharges and charging mechanisms affecting the final price — Definition of the market — Effect on trade between Member States — Cooperation — Partial immunity from a fine)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: EGL, Inc. (Houston, Texas, United States), Ceva Freight (UK) Ltd (Ashby de la Zouch, United Kingdom) and Ceva Freight Shanghai Ltd (Shanghai, China) (represented initially by M. Brealey QC, S. Love, Barrister, M. Pullen, D. Gillespie and R. Fawcett-Feuillette, Solicitors, and subsequently by M. Brealey, S. Love, M. Pullen, R. Fawcett-Feuillette and M. Boles, Solicitor, and lastly by M. Brealey and M. Pullen)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: V. Bottka and P. Van Nuffel, acting as Agents, and by S. Kingston, Barrister)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2012) 1959 final of 28 March 2012 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 [TFEU] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/39462 — Freight forwarding), in so far as it concerns the applicants or, in the alternative, for variation of the fines imposed on them in that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders EGL, Inc., Ceva Freight (UK) Ltd and Ceva Freight Shanghai Ltd to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 227, 28.7.2012.