Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 17 December 2009.

Solvay SA v European Commission.

Competition - Restrictive practices - Market in soda ash in the Community - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Agreement guaranteeing to an undertaking a minimum tonnage of sales in a Member State and the purchase of sufficient quantities to achieve that minimum tonnage - Expiry of limitation period applicable to Commission power to impose fines or sanctions - Reasonable time - Essential procedural requirements - Effect on trade between Member States - Right of access to the file - Fine - Gravity and duration of the infringement - Aggravating and mitigating circumstances.

Case T-58/01.

European Court reports 2009 Page II-04781

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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 17 December 2009.

Solvay SA v European Commission.

Competition - Abuse of a dominant position - Market in soda ash in the Community (with the exception of the United Kingdom and Ireland) - Decision finding an infringement of Article 82 EC - Supply agreements for an excessively long period -Fidelity rebate - Expiry of limitation period applicable to Commission power to impose fines or sanctions - Reasonable time - Essential procedural requirements - Relevant geographic market - Existence of a dominant position - Abuse of a dominant position - Right of access to the file - Fine - Gravity and duration of the infringement - Aggravating circumstances - Repetition of infringement - Mitigating circumstances.

Case T-57/01.

European Court reports 2009 Page II-04621

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Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Seventh Chamber) of 30 September 2009.

Elf Aquitaine SA v Commission of the European Communities.

Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Monochloroacetic acid market - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Market sharing and price fixing - Rights of the defence - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Imputability of the infringement - Principle that penalties must fit the offence - Principle that penalties must have a proper legal basis - Presumption of innocence - Principle of sound administration - Principle of legal certainty - Misuse of powers - Fines.

Case T-174/05.

European Court reports 2009 Page II-00183*

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Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Seventh Chamber) of 30 September 2009.

Hoechst GmbH v Commission of the European Communities.

Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for monochloroacetic acid - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Market sharing and price-fixing - Attributability of the infringement - Fines - Proportionality - Cooperation - Aggravating circumstances - Repeated infringement - Access to the file - Report of the Hearing Officer - Order to bring the infringement to an end.

Case T-161/05.

European Court reports 2009 Page II-03555

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Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 24 September 2009.

Erste Group Bank AG (C-125/07 P), Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (C-133/07 P), Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG (C-135/07 P) and Österreichische Volksbanken AG (C-137/07 P) v Commission of the European Communities.

Appeal - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Fixing by Austrian banks of credit and debit interest rates - 'Lombard Club' - Effect on trade between Member States - Calculation of fines - Takeover of undertakings - Concrete impact on the market - Implementation of the cartel.

Joined cases C-125/07 P, C-133/07 P, C-135/07 P and C-137/07 P.

European Court reports 2009 Page I-08681

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Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 September 2009.

Akzo Nobel NV and Others v Commission of the European Communities.

Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Article 53(1) of the EEA Agreement - Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 - Groups of undertakings - Imputability of infringements - Responsibility of a parent company for the infringement of competition rules by its subsidiaries - Decisive influence exercised by the parent company - Rebuttable presumption where the parent company has a 100% shareholding.

Case C-97/08 P.

European Court reports 2009 Page I-08237

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Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 3 September 2009.

Papierfabrik August Koehler AG (C-322/07 P), Bolloré SA (C-327/07 P) and Distribuidora Vizcaína de Papeles SL (C-338/07 P) v Commission of the European Communities.

Appeals - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Carbonless paper - Inconsistency between the statement of objections and the contested decision - Infringement of the rights of the defence - Consequences - Distortion of the clear sense of the evidence - Participation in the infringement - Duration of the infringement - Regulation No 17 - Article 15(2) - Guidelines on the method of setting fines - Principle of equal treatment - Principle of proportionality - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Reasonable period for duration of proceedings before the Court of First Instance.

Joined cases C-322/07 P, C-327/07 P and C-338/07 P.

European Court reports 2009 Page I-07191

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Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 9 July 2009.

Archer Daniels Midland Co. v Commission of the European Communities.

Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Citric acid market - Determination of the amount of the fine - Role of leader - Evidence arising from a procedure conducted in a non-Member State - Definition of the relevant market - Attenuating circumstances.

Case C-511/06 P.

European Court reports 2009 Page I-05843

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Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 1 July 2009.

ThyssenKrupp Stainless AG v Commission of the European Communities.

Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Stainless steel flat products - Decision finding an infringement of Article 65 CS after expiry of the ECSC Treaty, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 - Alloy surcharge - Powers of the Commission - Imputability of the unlawful conduct - Res judicata - Rights of the defence - Access to the file - Limitation period - Principle of non bis in idem - Cooperation during the administrative procedure.

Case T-24/07.

European Court reports 2009 Page II-02309

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Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 30 April 2009.

Itochu Corp. v Commission of the European Communities.

Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for video games consoles and games cartridges compatible with Nintendo games consoles - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Limitation of parallel exports - Attributability of the infringement - Fines - Differential treatment - Deterrent effect - Duration of the infringement - Attenuating circumstances - Cooperation during the administrative procedure.

Case T-12/03.

European Court reports 2009 Page II-00909

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