CELEX: 62018CA0599
Language: en
Date: 2019-11-14 00:00:00
Title: Case C-599/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 November 2019 — Silec Cable, General Cable Corp. v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European market for underground and submarine power cables — Market allocation in connection with projects — Proof of the infringement — Presumption of innocence — Distortion of the evidence — Public distancing — Subjective perception of other cartel participants — Infringement committed by several undertakings constituting a single economic entity — Gravity of the infringement committed by one of these undertakings — Determination — ‘Fringe player’ or ‘moderate player’ in the cartel — Determination — Principle of equal treatment)

13.1.2020   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 10/18
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 November 2019 — Silec Cable, General Cable Corp. v European Commission
      (Case C-599/18 P) (1)
      
      (Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - European market for underground and submarine power cables - Market allocation in connection with projects - Proof of the infringement - Presumption of innocence - Distortion of the evidence - Public distancing - Subjective perception of other cartel participants - Infringement committed by several undertakings constituting a single economic entity - Gravity of the infringement committed by one of these undertakings - Determination - ‘Fringe player’ or ‘moderate player’ in the cartel - Determination - Principle of equal treatment)
      (2020/C 10/21)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Appellants: Silec Cable, General Cable Corp. (represented by: I. Sinan, Barrister, and C. Renner, Rechtsanwältin)
      
         Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: H. van Vliet, S. Baches Opi and F. Castilla Contreras, Agents)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the appeal;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Silec Cable SAS and General Cable Corp. to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 436, 3.12.2018.