Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2015 — LG Electronics v Commission
(Case T-91/13) 1
(Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Global market for cathode ray tubes for television sets and computer monitors — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Agreements and concerted practices on pricing, market sharing, capacity and production — Single and continuous infringement — Imputability to a parent company of an infringement committed by a joint venture — Equal treatment — Method of calculating the fine — Taking into account the value of sales of cathode ray tubes through transformed products — Limitation period — Proportionality — Duration of the administrative procedure)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: LG Electronics, Inc. (Seoul, Republic of Korea) (represented by: G. van Gerven and T. Franchoo, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by C. Hödlmayr, M. Kellerbauer and P. Van Nuffel, and subsequently by M. Kellerbauer, P. Van Nuffel and A. Biolan, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment in part of Commission Decision C(2012) 8839 final of 5 December 2012 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/39.437 — TV and Computer Monitor Tubes) and for a reduction of the fines imposed on the applicant.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders LG Electronics, Inc. to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 108, 13.4.2013.