Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 13 July 2011.

Trade-Stomil sp. z o.o. v European Commission.

Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market in butadiene rubber and emulsion styrene butadiene rubber - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Participation in the cartel - Imputability of the offending conduct - Fines - Gravity and duration of the infringement - Attenuating circumstances.

Case T-53/07.


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
25/08/2011 Trade-Stomil v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2011:360
13/07/2011 Trade-Stomil v Commission
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2011:360
13/07/2011 Trade-Stomil v Commission
Application (OJ)
28/04/2007 Trade-Stomil v Commission
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Reports of Cases

2011 II-04657

Subject-matter

Application for partial annulment of Commission Decision C (2006) 5700 final of 29 November 2006 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/F/38.638 – Butadiene Rubber and Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber), concerning a restrictive agreement on the fixing of price targets, the sharing of customers through non-aggression pacts, and the exchanging of commercial information and, in the alternative, for annulment or reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      4.08.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        4.08.03.02.08 Decision of the Commission


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

  • 19/02/2007

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

13/07/2011


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 95 from 28.04.2007, p.45

Judgment: OJ C 269 from 10.09.2011, p.43

Name of the parties

Trade-Stomil v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Cartels et preuve de l'infraction, Europe 2011 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.36-37 (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

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 : application granted
  • Appeal brought against a sanction : application granted
  • Application for measures of inquiry : case not proceeding to judgment

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Dehousse

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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