Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 6 December 2018 –
Coveris Rigid France v Commission

(Case T‑531/15)

(Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Retail food packaging market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Principle of personal liability — No economic continuity — Equal treatment)

1.      Competition — EU rules — Infringements — Attribution — Infringement committed by a body not seizing to exist and continued by another body succeeding it in the business on the market concerned — Attribution of the whole of the infringement to that other body — Lawfulness — Existence of a situation of economic continuity — Criteria for assessment

(Art. 101 TFEU)

(see paras 21, 39-43, 49-51)

2.      Competition — Fines — Amount — Determination — Principle of equal treatment

(Art. 101 TFEU)

(see para. 57)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU for 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) in so far as it applies to the applicant.

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Coveris Rigid France to pay the costs.