Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2019 — Huhtamäki and Huhtamäki Flexible Packaging Germany v Commission
(Case T-530/15) 1
(Competition — Cartels — Retail food packaging market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and of Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Evidence of involvement in the cartel — Single and continuous infringement — Attributability of unlawful conduct — 2006 Guidelines for calculating the amount of fines — Proportionality — Equal treatment)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicants: Huhtamäki Oyj (Espoo, Finland) and Huhtamäki Flexible Packaging Germany GmbH & Co. KG (Ronsberg, Germany) (represented by: H. Meyer-Lindemann, C. Graf York von Wartenburg and L. Stammwitz, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Biolan, F. Jimeno Fernández and L. Wildpanner, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU for, principally, the partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2015) 4336 final of 24 June 2015 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case AT.39563 — Retail food packaging) and, in the alternative, for the reduction of the fines imposed on the applicants.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Huhtamäki Oyj and Huhtamaki Flexible Packaging Germany GmbH & Co KG to pay the costs.
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1 OJ C 406, 7.12.2015.