Judgment of the General Court of 27 June 2012 - Bolloré v Commission
(Case T-372/10)
(Competition - Cartels - Carbonless paper market - Price-fixing - Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU - Decision taken following the annulment of a first decision - Imputation of the infringement to the parent company, as directly responsible - Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege - Legal certainty - Individual nature of penalties - Fair hearing - Equal treatment - Reasonable time - Rights of the defence - Fines - Limitation period - Mitigating circumstances - Cooperation )
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Bolloré (Ergué-Gabéric, France) (represented by: P. Gassenbach, C. Lemaire and O. de Juvigny, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: W. Mölls, F. Castillo de la Torre and R. Sauer, Agents, assisted by N. Coutrelis, lawyer)
Re:
Application for annulment or alteration of Commission Decision C (2010) 4160 final of 23 June 2010, relating to proceedings under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/36212 - Carbonless paper).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Bolloré to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.
____________1 - OJ C 301, 6.11.2010.