Judgment of the General Court of 30 March 2022 – Air France v Commission
(Case T-338/17) 1
(Competition – Agreements, decisions and concerted practices – Market for airfreight – Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU, Article 53 of the EEA Agreement and Article 8 of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport – Coordination of elements of the price of airfreight services (fuel surcharge, security surcharge, payment of commission on surcharges) – Exchange of information – Territorial jurisdiction of the Commission – Single and continuous infringement – Conditions for granting immunity – Equal treatment – Obligation to state reasons – Amount of the fine – Value of sales – Gravity of the infringement – Duration of the participation in the infringement – Mitigating circumstances – Encouragement of the anticompetitive conduct by public authorities – Proportionality – Unlimited jurisdiction)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Société Air France (Tremblay-en-France, France) (represented by: A. Wachsmann and A. de La Cotardière, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Dawes and C. Giolito, acting as Agents, and by N. Coutrelis, lawyer)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2017) 1742 final of 17 March 2017 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU, Article 53 of the EEA Agreement and Article 8 of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport (Case AT.39258 – Airfreight) in so far as it relates to the applicant and, in the alternative, for partial annulment of that decision and a reduction in the amount of the fine imposed on the applicant.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the European Commission to bear one third of its own costs;
Orders Société Air France to bear its own costs and to pay two thirds of the costs incurred by the Commission.
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1     OJ C 277, 21.8.2017.