CELEX: 62011CB0593
Language: en
Date: 2012-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Case C-593/11 P: Order of the Court of 13 December 2012 — Alliance One International Inc. v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions or concerted practices — Italian market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Attributability of unlawful conduct of subsidiaries to their parent companies — Presumption of innocence — Rights of defence — Obligation to state reasons)

13.4.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 108/4
            
         Order of the Court of 13 December 2012 — Alliance One International Inc. v European Commission
   (Case C-593/11 P) (1)
   
   (Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions or concerted practices - Italian market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco - Price-fixing and market-sharing - Attributability of unlawful conduct of subsidiaries to their parent companies - Presumption of innocence - Rights of defence - Obligation to state reasons)
   2013/C 108/07
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Alliance One International Inc. (represented by: G. Mastrantonio, avvocato)
   
      Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: E. Gippini Fournier, Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 9 September 2011 in Case T-25/06 Alliance One International v Commission dismissing an action for annulment in part of Commission Decision 2006/901/EC of 20 October 2005 relating to a proceeding under Article 81(1) of the EC Treaty (Case COMP/C.38.281/B.2 — Raw tobacco — Italy) (notified under document number C(2005) 4012) (OJ 2006 L 353, p. 45) concerning a cartel designed to fix prices paid to producers and other intermediaries and to share suppliers in the Italian raw tobacco market, and reduction of the fine imposed on the appellant.
   
      Operative part of the order
   
   
               1.
            
            
               The appeal is dismissed.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Alliance One International Inc. shall pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 25, 28.1.2012.