Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 26 September 2013

The Dow Chemical Company v European Commission

Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for chloroprene rubber — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct of a subsidiary to its parent company — Joint control by two parent companies — Decisive influence — Rights of defence — Increase in the fine — Deterrent effect

Case C‑179/12 P



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
08/11/2013 The Dow Chemical Company v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2013:605
26/09/2013 The Dow Chemical Company v Commission
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:C:2013:605
26/09/2013 The Dow Chemical Company v Commission
Application (OJ)
08/06/2012 The Dow Chemical Company v Commission
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.01 Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
      4.08.01.07 null
        4.08.01.07.02 null
          4.08.01.07.02.03
3 Legal proceedings
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.03 Grounds of appeal
      3.10.03.03 Ineffective pleas in law
3 Legal proceedings
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.02 Jurisdiction over the appeal
      3.10.02.01 Exclusion of questions of fact
        3.10.02.01.01 Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence
          3.10.02.01.01.00 General
3 Legal proceedings
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.03 Grounds of appeal
      3.10.03.02 Issues relating to the admissibility of the pleas
        3.10.03.02.04 New pleas in law


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 16/04/2012

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

26/09/2013


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 184 from 23.06.2012, p.5

Judgment: OJ C 344 from 23.11.2013, p.28

Name of the parties

The Dow Chemical Company v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Ahrens, Börries: Gemeinschaftsunternehmen als wirtschaftliche Einheit, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2013 p.899-902 (DE)
  2. Idot, Laurence: Cartels et responsabilité des sociétés mères. La Cour confirme sa jurisprudence sur l'imputabilité des comportements des filiales aux sociétés mères , Europe 2013 Novembre Comm. nº 11 p.36 (FR)
  3. Robin, Catherine: L'autonomie de l'entreprise commune en droit des concentrations n'équivaut pas à l'autonomie en matière d'imputabilité d'une entente, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2014 nº 38 p.33-34 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Competition
  • - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
  • - Concerted practices

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment
  • Appeal brought against a sanction
  • Appeals : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
  • Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

neuvième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Lõhmus

Advocate General

Mengozzi

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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