Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2013:614
Date: 2013-09-26
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Ninth Chamber
Subject matter: Competition;Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded;Appeal - inadmissible;Appeal against penalty

Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 26 September 2013 – Alliance One International, Inc. v European Commission (Case C-668/11 P) 1 (Appeal – Competition – Agreements, decisions and concerted practices – Spanish market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco – Price-fixing and market-sharing – Infringement of Article 81 EC – Whether unlawful conduct of a subsidiary attributable to its parent company – Deterrent effect – Equal treatment – Cooperation – Obligation to state reasons – Mitigating circumstances) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Appellant: Alliance One International, Inc. (represented by: M. Odriozola and A. Vide, Abogados) Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, and J. Bourke, Agents) Re: Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 October 2011 in Case T-38/05 Agroexpansion v Commission, by which the General Court rejected, in part, an application for the partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2004) 4030 final of 20 October 2004 relating to a proceeding under Article 81(1) [EC] (Case COMP/C.38.238/B2 – Raw tobacco – Spain) Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders Alliance One International, Inc. to pay the costs. ____________ ____________ 1 OJ C 89, 24.3.2012.