CELEX: 62014TA0444
Language: en
Date: 2018-07-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-444/14: Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2018 — Furukawa Electric v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European market for power cables — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Single and continuous infringement — Proof of the infringement — Duration of participation — Calculation of the fine — Gravity of the infringement — Unlimited jurisdiction)

17.9.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 328/35
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2018 — Furukawa Electric v Commission
      (Case T-444/14) (1)
      
      ((Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - European market for power cables - Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU - Single and continuous infringement - Proof of the infringement - Duration of participation - Calculation of the fine - Gravity of the infringement - Unlimited jurisdiction))
      (2018/C 328/46)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd (Tokyo, Japan) (represented by C. Pouncey, A. Luke and L. Geary, Solicitors)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by A. Biolan, C. Giolito and H. van Vliet, acting as Agents, and by M. Johansson, lawyer)
      
         Intervener in support of the applicant: Viscas Corp. (Tokyo) (represented by J.-F. Bellis, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2014) 2139 final of 2 April 2014 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 [TFEU] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case AT.39610 — Power cables) in so far as it concerns the applicant and, in the alternative, an application for reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant in that decision.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay those of the European Commission;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Viscas Corp. to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 303, 8.9.2014.