CELEX: 62007TA0138
Language: en
Date: 2011-07-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-138/07: Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2011 — Schindler Holding and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for the installation and maintenance of elevators and escalators — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Bid-rigging — Market sharing — Price fixing)

10.9.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 269/44
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2011 — Schindler Holding and Others v Commission
   (Case T-138/07) (1)
   
   (Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for the installation and maintenance of elevators and escalators - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Bid-rigging - Market sharing - Price fixing)
   2011/C 269/96
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Schindler Holding Ltd (Hergiswil, Switzerland); Schindler Management AG (Ebikon, Switzerland); Schindler SA (Brussels, Belgium); Schindler Deutschland Holding GmbH (Berlin, Germany); Schindler Sàrl (Luxembourg, Luxembourg); and Schindler Liften BV (The Hague, Netherlands) (represented by: R. Bechtold, W. Bosch, U. Soltész and S. Hirsbrunner, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: K. Mojzesowicz and R. Sauer, Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Simm and G. Kimberley, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2007) 512 final of 21 February 2007 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] (Case COMP/E-1/38.823 — Elevators and Escalators) or, in the alternative, reduction of the amounts of the fines imposed on the applicants.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
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               Declares that it is unnecessary to rule on the action in so far as it has been brought by Schindler Management AG;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Schindler Holding Ltd, Schindler SA, Schindler Deutschland Holding GmbH, Schindler Sàrl and Schindler Liften BV to pay the costs;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders Schindler Management to bear its own costs;
            
         
               5.
            
            
               Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 155, 7.7.2007.