CELEX: 62007CA0441
Language: en
Date: 2010-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Case C-441/07 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 29 June 2010 — European Commission v Alrosa Company Ltd (Appeals — Dominant position — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — World market in rough diamonds — Individual commitments by a company to cease purchasing rough diamonds from another company — Decision making a company’s individual commitments binding and terminating the proceedings)

28.8.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 234/3
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 29 June 2010 — European Commission v Alrosa Company Ltd
   (Case C-441/07 P) (1)
   
   (Appeals - Dominant position - Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 - World market in rough diamonds - Individual commitments by a company to cease purchasing rough diamonds from another company - Decision making a company’s individual commitments binding and terminating the proceedings)
   2010/C 234/03
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and R. Sauer, Agents)
   
      Other party to the proceedings: Alrosa Company Ltd (represented by: R. Subiotto QC, K. Jones, solicitor-advocate, and S. Mobley, solicitor)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 11 July 2007 in Case T-170/06 Alrosa v Commission, annulling Decision 2006/520/EC of 22 February 2006 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Articles 82 EC and 54 EEA (Case COMP/B-2/38.381 — De Beers), making binding the commitments given by De Beers to bring to an end its purchases of rough diamonds from Alrosa with effect from 2009, after a period of progressive reduction of the amounts purchased by it from 2006 to 2008, and bringing the proceedings to an end in accordance with Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (OJ 2003 L 1, p. 1)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Sets aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities of 11 July 2007 in Case T-170/06 Alrosa v Commission;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the action brought by Alrosa Company Ltd before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Alrosa Company Ltd to pay the costs both of the appeal and of the proceedings at first instance.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 283, 24.11.2007.