CELEX: 62011CA0510
Language: en
Date: 2013-10-24 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 24 October 2013 — Kone Oyj, Kone GmbH, Kone BV v European Commission (C-510/11 P) (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for the installation and maintenance of elevators and escalators — Fines — Notice on immunity from fines and reduction of fines in cartel cases — Effective judicial remedy)

14.12.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 367/2
            
         Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 24 October 2013 — Kone Oyj, Kone GmbH, Kone BV v European Commission
   (C-510/11 P) (1)
   
   (Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for the installation and maintenance of elevators and escalators - Fines - Notice on immunity from fines and reduction of fines in cartel cases - Effective judicial remedy)
   2013/C 367/03
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellants: Kone Oyj, Kone GmbH, Kone BV (represented by: T. Vinje, Solicitor, D. Paemen, avocat, and A. Tomtsis, dikigoros,)
   
      Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: E. Gippini Fournier and R. Sauer, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 July 2011 in Case T-151/07 Kone and Others v Commission, by which the General Court dismissed an action for annulment or reduction of the fine imposed on the applicants by Commission Decision C(2007) 512 final of 21 February 2007 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty (Case COMP/E 1/38.823 — Elevators and Escalators), concerning a cartel in the market for the installation and maintenance of elevators and escalators in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, concerning bid-rigging, market-sharing, price-fixing, the awarding of projects and contracts related thereto and exchange of information
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Kone Oyj, Kone GmbH and Kone BV to bear their own costs and, in addition, to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 362, 10.12.2011.