CELEX: 62009TA0296
Language: en
Date: 2011-11-24 00:00:00
Title: Case T-296/09: Judgment of the General Court of 24 November 2011 — EFIM v Commission (Competition — Concerted practice — Abuse of a dominant position — Markets for ink cartridges — Decision rejecting a complaint — No Community interest)

14.1.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 13/11
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 24 November 2011 — EFIM v Commission
   (Case T-296/09) (1)
   
   (Competition - Concerted practice - Abuse of a dominant position - Markets for ink cartridges - Decision rejecting a complaint - No Community interest)
   2012/C 13/21
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Federation of Ink and Ink Cartridge Manufacturers (EFIM) (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: D. Ehle, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Antoniadis and A. Biolan, Agents, and W. Berg, lawyer)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: Lexmark International Technology SA (Meyrin, Switzerland) (represented by: R. Snelders, lawyer, and G. Eclair-Heath, Solicitor)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 4125 of 20 May 2009 rejecting complaint COMP/C-3/39.391 concerning purported infringements of Articles 81 EC and 82 EC by Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark, Canon and Epson in the market for ink cartridges.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders European Federation of Ink and Ink Cartridge Manufacturers (EFIM) to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Lexmark International Technology SA to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 256, 24.10.2009.