Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 March 2017

Evonik Degussa GmbH v European Commission

Appeal — Competition — Articles 101 TFEU and 102 TFEU — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Article 30 — Commission decision finding an illegal cartel on the European hydrogen peroxide and perborate market — Publication of an extended non-confidential version of that decision — Rejection of a request for confidential treatment of certain information — Terms of reference of the hearing officer — Decision 2011/695/EU — Article 8 — Confidentiality — Protection of professional secrecy — Article 339 TFEU — Concept of ‘business secrets or other confidential information’ — Information from a request for leniency — Rejection of the request for confidential treatment — Legitimate expectations

Case C-162/15 P



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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
28/04/2017 Evonik Degussa v Commission
Competition
  • Competition
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:205		 14/03/2017 Evonik Degussa v Commission
Competition
  • Competition
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:205		 14/03/2017 Evonik Degussa v Commission
Competition
  • Competition
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
29/05/2015 Evonik Degussa v Commission
Competition
  • Competition
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Order
ECLI:EU:C:2016:142		 02/03/2016 Evonik Degussa v Commission
Competition
  • Competition
  • Principles of Union law
  • - Access to documents
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Order (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2016:142		 02/03/2016 Evonik Degussa v Commission
Competition
  • Competition
  • Principles of Union law
  • - Access to documents
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2016:587		 21/07/2016 Evonik Degussa v Commission
Competition
  • Competition
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

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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
        4.08.03.02.07 Professional secrecy
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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
        4.08.03.02.07 Professional secrecy
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.01 Scope
      2.03.01.04 Relationship with specific rights of access
        2.03.01.04.02 Privileged rights of access
          2.03.01.04.02.01 Right of access to the Commission's competition or State aid file
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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
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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
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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


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 08/04/2015

Date of the Opinion

  • 21/07/2016

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

14/03/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 151 from 15.05.2017, p.4

Application: OJ C 198 from 15.06.2015, p.24

Name of the parties

Evonik Degussa v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Mandat du conseiller-auditeur, Europe 2017 Avril nº 05 p.29-30 (FR)
  2. Caravaca, Alfonso-Luis Calvo ; Suderow, Julia: WPP-Entscheidung: Zur Zuständigkeit des Anhörungsbeauftragten und der Reichweite der Veröffentlichung von Kronzeugenerklärungen, Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb 2017 p.273-274 (DE)
  3. Brauneck, Jens: EuGH: Kaum Schutz vor Veröffentlichungen für Kartell-Kronzeugen?, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2017 p.595-602 (DE)
  4. Brouwer, O.W.: Welk vertrouwen mogen clementieverzoekers hebben omtrent vertrouwelijk blijven van aangeleverde informatie?, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2017 p.197-203 (NL)
  5. Von Köckritz, Christian: Evonik Degussa v Commission: Hearing Officer’s Review of Confidentiality Claims on Leniency Information in Public Versions of European Commission Cartel Decision, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2017 Vol. 8 nº 10 p.647–649 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Competition

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
  • Appeals : application granted
  • Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

Grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Regan

Advocate General

Szpunar

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French