CELEX: 62012CA0058
Language: en
Date: 2013-11-26 00:00:00
Title: Case C-58/12 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 November 2013 — Groupe Gascogne SA v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Cartels — Industrial plastic bags sector — Whether the infringement by a subsidiary may be attributed to the parent company — Taking into account the total turnover of the group in order to calculate the upper limit of the fine — 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 39/3
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 November 2013 — Groupe Gascogne SA v European Commission
   (Case C-58/12 P) (1)
   
   (Appeal - Competition - Cartels - Industrial plastic bags sector - Whether the infringement by a subsidiary may be attributed to the parent company - Taking into account the total turnover of the group in order to calculate the upper limit of the fine - Excessive length of the proceedings before the General Court - Principle of effective legal protection)
   2014/C 39/04
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Groupe Gascogne SA (represented by: P. Hubert and E. Durand, avocats)
   
      Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and N. von Lingen, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 November 2011 in Case T-72/06 Groupe Gascogne v Commission, by which that court dismissed the application for annulment in part and variation of Commission Decision C(2005) 4634 final of 30 November 2005 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 (EC) (Case COMP/F/38.354 — Industrial bags) concerning a cartel in the industrial plastic bags sector, and an application to vary that decision.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Groupe Gascogne SA to pay the costs of this appeal.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 89, 24.3.2012.