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Document 62010CA0109
Case C-109/10 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 October 2011 — Solvay SA v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Market in soda ash in the Community — Abuse of dominant position — Infringement of the rights of the defence — Access to the file — Hearing of the undertaking)
Case C-109/10 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 October 2011 — Solvay SA v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Market in soda ash in the Community — Abuse of dominant position — Infringement of the rights of the defence — Access to the file — Hearing of the undertaking)
Case C-109/10 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 October 2011 — Solvay SA v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Market in soda ash in the Community — Abuse of dominant position — Infringement of the rights of the defence — Access to the file — Hearing of the undertaking)
OJ C 370, 17.12.2011, p. 12–13
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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17.12.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 370/12 |
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 October 2011 — Solvay SA v European Commission
(Case C-109/10 P) (1)
(Appeal - Competition - Market in soda ash in the Community - Abuse of dominant position - Infringement of the rights of the defence - Access to the file - Hearing of the undertaking)
2011/C 370/18
Language of the case: French
Parties
Appellant: Solvay SA (represented by: P. Foriers, R. Jafferali, F. Louis and A. Vallery, avocats)
Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and F. Castillo de la Torre, acting as Agents, assisted by N. Coutrelis, avocate)
Re:
Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 17 December 2009 in Case T-57/01 Solvay v Commission, by which the General Court dismissed the appellants application for the annulment of Commission Decision 2003/6/EC of 13 December 2000 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 82 [EC] — Competition — Soda ash market in the Community (excluding the United Kingdom and Ireland) — Abuse of a dominant position — Infringement of the right to be tried within reasonable time — Infringement of procedural rights — Wrong earlier definition of the relevant geographic market — Lack of statement of reasons — Exceptional circumstances showing lack of a dominant position
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 17 December 2009 in Case T-57/01 Solvay v Commission; |
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Annuls Commission Decision 2003/6/EC of 13 December 2000 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 82 of the EC Treaty (COMP/33.133-C: Soda-ash — Solvay); |
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Orders the European Commission to pay the costs at first instance and on appeal. |