CELEX: 62015CA0351
Language: en
Date: 2017-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Case C-351/15 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 January 2017 — European Commission v Total SA, Elf Aquitaine SA (Appeal — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for methacrylates — Fines — Joint and several liability of parent companies and their subsidiary for the latter’s unlawful conduct — Payment of the fine by the subsidiary — Reduction of the amount of the subsidiary’s fine following a judgment of the General Court of the European Union — Letters from the accountant of the European Commission demanding payment by the parent companies of the amount it repaid to the subsidiary plus default interest — Action for annulment — Challengeable acts — Effective judicial protection)

6.3.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 70/4
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 January 2017 — European Commission v Total SA, Elf Aquitaine SA
   (Case C-351/15 P) (1)
   
   ((Appeal - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for methacrylates - Fines - Joint and several liability of parent companies and their subsidiary for the latter’s unlawful conduct - Payment of the fine by the subsidiary - Reduction of the amount of the subsidiary’s fine following a judgment of the General Court of the European Union - Letters from the accountant of the European Commission demanding payment by the parent companies of the amount it repaid to the subsidiary plus default interest - Action for annulment - Challengeable acts - Effective judicial protection))
   (2017/C 070/05)
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: European Commission (represented by: V. Bottka and F. Dintilhac, acting as Agents)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings: Total SA, Elf Aquitaine SA (represented by: E. Morgan de Rivery and E. Lagathu, lawyers)
   
      Intervener in support of the applicant: EFTA Surveillance Authority (represented by: C. Perrin, acting as Agent)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Total SA and Elf Aquitaine SA;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the EFTA Surveillance Authority to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 294, 7.9.2015.