CELEX: 62018CA0601
Language: en
Date: 2020-09-24 00:00:00
Title: Case C-601/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 24 September 2020 — Prysmian SpA, Prysmian Cavi e Sistemi Srl v European Commission, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Pirelli & C. SpA (Appeal — Competition — Cartels — European mark et for submarine and underground power cables — Market allocation in connection with projects — Single and continuous infringement — Succession of legal entities — Attributability of unlawful conduct — Principle of equal treatment — Distortion of evidence — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Article 20 — European Commission’s powers of inspection in cartel proceedings — Power to copy data without a prior examination and to examine the data subsequently at the Commission’s premises — Fines)

23.11.2020   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 399/7
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 24 September 2020 — Prysmian SpA, Prysmian Cavi e Sistemi Srl v European Commission, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Pirelli & C. SpA
      (Case C-601/18 P) (1)
      
      (Appeal - Competition - Cartels - European mark et for submarine and underground power cables - Market allocation in connection with projects - Single and continuous infringement - Succession of legal entities - Attributability of unlawful conduct - Principle of equal treatment - Distortion of evidence - Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 - Article 20 - European Commission’s powers of inspection in cartel proceedings - Power to copy data without a prior examination and to examine the data subsequently at the Commission’s premises - Fines)
      (2020/C 399/09)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Appellants: Prysmian SpA, Prysmian Cavi e Sistemi Srl (represented initially by: C. Tesauro and L. Armati, avvocati, and subsequently by C. Firth and C. Griesenbach, Solicitors)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Castilla Contreras, C. Sjödin, T. Vecchi and P. Rossi, acting as Agents), The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (represented by: J. Koponen, advokat, and A. Mangiaracina, avvocatessa), Pirelli & C. SpA (represented by: G. Rizza and M. Siragusa, avvocati)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                  Dismisses the appeal;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Declares that Prysmian SpA and Prysmian Cavi e Sistemi Srl shall bear their own costs and orders them to pay those incurred by the European Commission;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Pirelli & C. SpA to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 427, 26.11.2018.