Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2011 - Alliance One International v Commission
(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Italian market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Price-fixing and market sharing - Attributability of the unlawful conduct - Fines)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Alliance One International, Inc. (Danville, Virginia, United States) (represented by: C. Osti and A. Prastaro, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented: initially by É. Gippini Fournier and F. Amato, and subsequently by E. Gippini Fournier and N. Khan, Agents)
Re:
APPLICATION for partial annulment of Commission Decision C (2005) 4012 final of 20 October 2005 relating to a proceeding under Article 81(1) [EC] (Case COMP/C.38.281/B.2 - Raw tobacco - Italy) and, in the alternative, application for a reduction in the fine imposed on Alliance One International.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Alliance One International, Inc. to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 60, 11.3.2006.