Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2017:819
Date: 2017-10-26
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Competition;Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded;Appeal - inadmissible
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 October 2017 — Global Steel Wire, SA (C-457/16 P), Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC SL (C-459/16 P), Trefilerías Quijano SA (C-460/16 P), Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías SA (C-461/16 P) v European Commission (Joined Cases C-457/16 P and C-459/16 P to C-461/16 P) 1 (Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European prestressing steel market — Infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Attributability of unlawful conduct of subsidiaries to their parent company — Definition of ‘undertaking’ — Evidence for the finding of an economic unit — Presumption of actual exercise of decisive influence — Successive undertakings — Amount of the fine — Ability to pay — Conditions — Observance of the rights of the defence) Language of the cases: Spanish Parties Appellants: Global Steel Wire, SA (C-457/16 P), Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC SL (C-459/16 P), Trefilerías Quijano SA (C-460/16 P), Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías SA (C-461/16 P) (represented by: F. González Díaz, A. Tresandi Blanco and V. Romero Algarra, abogados) Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and C. Urraca Caviedes, acting as Agents, assisted by L. Ortiz Blanco and A. Lamadrid de Pablo, abogados) Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeals; 2. Orders Global Steel Wire SA, Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC SL, Trefilerías Quijano SA and Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías SA to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 392, 24.10.2016.