CELEX: 62017TA0814
Language: en
Date: 2020-11-18 00:00:00
Title: Case T-814/17: Judgment of the General Court of 18 November 2020 — Lietuvos geležinkeliai v Commission (Competition — Abuse of a dominant position — Rail freight market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 102 TFEU — Access by third-party undertakings to infrastructure managed by Lithuania’s national railway company — Removal of a section of railway track — Concept of ‘abuse’ — Actual or likely exclusion of a competitor — Calculation of the amount of the fine — 2006 Guidelines on the method for setting fines — Remedies — Proportionality — Unlimited jurisdiction)

11.1.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 9/13
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 18 November 2020 — Lietuvos geležinkeliai v Commission
      (Case T-814/17) (1)
      
      (Competition - Abuse of a dominant position - Rail freight market - Decision finding an infringement of Article 102 TFEU - Access by third-party undertakings to infrastructure managed by Lithuania’s national railway company - Removal of a section of railway track - Concept of ‘abuse’ - Actual or likely exclusion of a competitor - Calculation of the amount of the fine - 2006 Guidelines on the method for setting fines - Remedies - Proportionality - Unlimited jurisdiction)
      (2021/C 9/18)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Lietuvos geležinkeliai AB (Vilnius, Lithuania) (represented by: W. Deselaers, K. Apel and P. Kirst, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Cleenewerck de Crayencour, A. Dawes, H. Leupold and G. Meessen, acting as Agents)
      
         Intervener, in support of the defendant: Orlen Lietuva AB (Mažeikiai, Lithuania) (represented by: C. Thomas and C. Conte, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking, primarily, the annulment of Commission Decision C(2017) 6544 final of 2 October 2017 relating to proceedings under Article 102 TFEU (Case AT.39813 — Baltic Rail) and, in the alternative, the reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Sets the amount of the fine imposed on Lietuvos geležinkeliai AB by Article 2 of European Commission Decision C(2017) 6544 final of 2 October 2017 relating to proceedings under Article 102 TFEU (Case AT.39813 — Baltic Rail) at EUR 20 068 650;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Lietuvos geležinkeliai and the Commission to bear their own costs;
               
            
                  4.
               
               
                  Orders Orlen Lietuva AB to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 52, 12.2.2018.