Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 March 2013.

Dole Food Company, Inc. and Dole Germany OHG v European Commission.

Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market in bananas - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Concept of a concerted practice having an anti-competitive object - Information exchange system - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Rights of the defence - Guidelines on the method of setting fines - Gravity of the infringement.

Case T-588/08.

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