CELEX: 62012TA0270
Language: en
Date: 2016-02-29 00:00:00
Title: Case T-270/12: Judgment of the General Court of 29 February 2016 — Panalpina World Transport (Holding) and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — International air freight forwarding services — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Price fixing — Surcharges and charging mechanisms affecting the final price — Fines — Proportionality — Gravity of the infringement — Equal treatment — Obligation to state reasons — Settlement — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines)

18.4.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 136/28
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 29 February 2016 — Panalpina World Transport (Holding) and Others v Commission
   (Case T-270/12) (1)
   
   ((Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - International air freight forwarding services - Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU - Price fixing - Surcharges and charging mechanisms affecting the final price - Fines - Proportionality - Gravity of the infringement - Equal treatment - Obligation to state reasons - Settlement - 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines))
   (2016/C 136/39)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Panalpina World Transport (Holding) Ltd (Basle, Switzerland), Panalpina Management AG (Basle), Panalpina China Ltd (Hong Kong, China) (represented by: S. Mobley, A. Stratakis, T. Grimmer and B. Smith, Solicitors)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: V. Bottka, G. Meessen and P. Van Nuffel, acting as Agents, and by C. Thomas, Solicitor)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2012) 1959 final of 28 March 2012 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 [TFEU] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/39462 — Freight forwarding), in so far as it concerns the applicants, and for variation of the fines imposed on them in that decision.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Panalpina World Transport (Holding) Ltd, Panalpina Management AG and Panalpina China Ltd to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 243, 11.8.2012.