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Subject-matter

Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 October 2011 in Case T-41/05 Alliance One International v Commission reducing the part of the fine imposed on Agroexpansión, for the payment of which Alliance One International, Inc. is held jointly and severally liable with Agroexpansión, and dismissing as to the remainder an application for partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2004) 4030 final of 20 October 2004 relating to a proceeding under Article 81(1) of the EC Treaty (Case COMP/C.38.238/B.2 − Raw tobacco sector in Spain) concerning a cartel aimed at fixing the prices paid to producers and the quantities purchased from them in the Spanish raw tobacco market

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 : paragraphs 37, 73
• Treaty of Nice 2001 - Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice -A36 : paragraph 98
• Treaty of Nice 2001 - Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice -A53L1 : paragraph 98
• Treaty of Nice 2001 - Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice -A58L1 : paragraph 52
• TFEU, Article 256 -P1L2 : paragraph 52
• TFEU, Article 261 : paragraph 104
• TFEU, Article 266 -L1 : paragraph 107
• Regulation 17/62 -A17 : paragraph 104
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A81 : paragraph 98
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) : paragraph 68
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT1BL1 : paragraphs 67, 69
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT3T3 : paragraphs 80, 83
• Regulation 1/2003 -A23P2 : paragraph 73
• Regulation 1/2003 -A31 : paragraph 104
• Decision 2007/236 : paragraphs 1, 41 - 49, 53, 69, 71, 100, 101, 111
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (2012) -A168P1LD : paragraph 52
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (2012) -A169P2 : paragraph 52
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -397/03 : paragraph 50
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -289/04 : paragraph 73
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -407/04 : paragraph 80
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -229/05 : paragraph 35
• General Court - Judgment T -38/05 : paragraphs 2, 107
• General Court - Judgment T -41/05 : paragraphs 1 - 113
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -3/06 : paragraphs 104 - 105, 111
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -374/07 : paragraph 85
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -534/07 : paragraph 104
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -97/08 : paragraphs 36 - 37, 39
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -413/08 : paragraphs 73 - 74
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -96/09 : paragraph 85
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -352/09 : paragraph 50
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -473/09 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -628/10 : paragraphs 37 - 41, 43 - 44, 47, 60
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -199/11 : paragraph 104
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -240/11 : paragraph 53
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -286/11 : paragraph 110
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -421/11 : paragraph 75
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -625/11 : paragraphs 52, 98

Operative part

• Confirms : General Court - Judgment T -41/05

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 23/12/2011

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 73 from 10.03.2012, p.20

Judgment: OJ C 344 from 23.11.2013, p.18

Name of the parties

Alliance One International v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. 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)
2. Robin, Catherine: Confirmation de la méthode « de la double base », Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2014 nº 38 p.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
  

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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