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Case T-564/10: Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2014 — Quimitécnica.com and de Mello v European Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European market in animal feed phosphates — Fines — Payment in instalments — Commission decision requiring a bank guarantee to be set up — Obligation to state reasons — Proportionality)
Case T-564/10: Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2014 — Quimitécnica.com and de Mello v European Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European market in animal feed phosphates — Fines — Payment in instalments — Commission decision requiring a bank guarantee to be set up — Obligation to state reasons — Proportionality)
Case T-564/10: Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2014 — Quimitécnica.com and de Mello v European Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European market in animal feed phosphates — Fines — Payment in instalments — Commission decision requiring a bank guarantee to be set up — Obligation to state reasons — Proportionality)
OJ C 261, 11.8.2014, p. 22–22
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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11.8.2014 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 261/22 |
Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2014 — Quimitécnica.com and de Mello v European Commission
(Case T-564/10) (1)
((Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - European market in animal feed phosphates - Fines - Payment in instalments - Commission decision requiring a bank guarantee to be set up - Obligation to state reasons - Proportionality))
2014/C 261/43
Language of the case: Portuguese
Parties
Applicants: Quimitécnica.com — Comércio e Indústria Química, SA (Lordelo, Portugal); and José de Mello — Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais, SA (Lisbon, Portugal) (represented by: J. Calheiros and A. de Albuquerque, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Mongin, V. Bottka and F. Ronkes Agerbeek, Agents, assisted by M. Marques Mendes, lawyer)
Re:
Application for the annulment in part of the decision allegedly set out in the letter from the Commission’s accounting officer of 8 October 2010 concerning payment of the fine imposed on the applicants under Commission Decision C (2010) 5004 final of 20 July 2010 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/38.886 — Animal feed phosphates), in so far as that letter requires the applicants to provide a bank guarantee from a bank that has received a long-term ‘AA’ credit rating in order for the application to pay in instalments to be granted.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Quimitécnica.com — Comércio e Indústria Química, SA and José de Mello — Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais, SA to bear their own costs and to pay those of the European Commission. |