CELEX: 62012CA0050
Language: en
Date: 2013-11-26 00:00:00
Title: Case C-50/12 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 November 2013 — Kendrion NV v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Cartels — Industrial plastic bags sector — Whether the infringement by a subsidiary may be attributed to the parent company — Joint and several liability of the parent company for the payment of the fine imposed on the subsidiary — Excessive length of the proceedings before the General Court — Principle of effective legal protection)

8.2.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 39/2
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 November 2013 — Kendrion NV v European Commission
   (Case C-50/12 P) (1)
   
   (Appeal - Competition - Cartels - Industrial plastic bags sector - Whether the infringement by a subsidiary may be attributed to the parent company - Joint and several liability of the parent company for the payment of the fine imposed on the subsidiary - Excessive length of the proceedings before the General Court - Principle of effective legal protection)
   2014/C 39/03
   Language of the case: Dutch
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Kendrion NV (represented by: P. Glazener and T. Ottervanger, advocaten)
   
      Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and S. Noë, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 November 2011 in Case T-54/06 Kendrion v Commission, by which the General Court dismissed an application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2005) 4634 of 30 November 2005 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 (EC) (Case COMP/F/38.354 — Industrial bags), in so far as it is addressed to Kendrion, concerning a cartel in the industrial plastic bags sector, and application for annulment or, in the alternative, reduction of the fine imposed on Kendrion.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Kendrion NV to pay the costs of this appeal.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 80, 17.3.2012.