Judgment of the General Court of 14 March 2014 — Cemex and Others v Commission
(Case T-292/11) 1
(Competition — Administrative proceeding — Decision to request information — Necessity of the information requested — Duty to state reasons — Proportionality)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicants: Cemex SAB. De CV (Monterrey, Mexico); New Sunward Holding BV (Amsterdam, Netherlands); Cemex España, SA (Madrid, Spain); Cemex Deutschland AG (Ratingen, Germany); Cemex UK (Egham, United Kingdom); Cemex Czech Operations s.r.o. (Prague, Czech Republic); Cemex France Gestion (Rungis, France); Cemex Austria AG (Langenzersdorf, Austria) (represented by: M. Folguera Crespo, P. Vidal Martínez, H. González Durántez and B. Martínez Corral, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: É. Gippini Fournier, F. Castilla Contreras and C. Hödlmayer, acting as Agents, and J. Rivas Andrés, lawyer)
Re:
Action for annulment of Commission Decision C(2011) 2360 final of 30 March 2011, in the context of a procedure pursuant to Article 18(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (Case COMP/39520 — cement and related products).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Cemex SAB. De CV, New Sunward Holding BV, Cemex España, SA, Cemex Deutschland AG, Cemex UK, Cemex Czech Operations s.r.o., Cemex France Gestion and Cemex Austria AG to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 238, 13.8.2011.