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    Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 March 2017.
    Samsung SDI Co. Ltd and Samsung SDI (Malaysia) Bhd v European Commission.
    Appeal — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Global market for cathode ray tubes for television sets and computer monitors — Agreements and concerted practices on pricing, market sharing, customer allocation and output limitation — Fines — Guidelines on the method of setting fines (2006) — Point 13 — Determination of the value of sales relating to the infringement.
    Case C-615/15 P.

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    Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 March 2017 — Samsung SDI and Samsung SDI (Malaysia) v Commission

    (Case C‑615/15 P) ( 1 )

    (Appeal — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Global market for cathode ray tubes for television sets and computer monitors — Agreements and concerted practices on pricing, market sharing, customer allocation and output limitation — Fines — Guidelines on the method of setting fines (2006) — Point 13 — Determination of the value of sales relating to the infringement)

    1. 

    Agreements, decisions and concerted practices—Prohibition—Infringements—Agreements and concerted practices constituting a single infringement—Attribution of liability for the entire infringement to a single undertaking—Conditions

    (Art. 101(1) TFEU)

    (see para. 20)

    2. 

    Competition—Fines—Assessment by reference to the individual conduct of the undertaking—Irrelevant that no sanction brought against another economic operator—Compliance with the principle of equal treatment having to be reconciled with the principle of legality

    (Art. 101(1) TFEU)

    (see paras 37, 38)

    3. 

    Competition—Fines—Amount—Determination—Determination of the basic amount—Determination of the value of sales—Sales carried out within the territory of the European Economic Area

    (Art. 101 TFEU; Council Regulation No 1/2003, Art. 23(2); Commission Decision 2006/C 210/02, point 13)

    (see paras 51, 52, 55)

    4. 

    Appeal—Jurisdiction of the Court—Whether it may review, on grounds of fairness, the assessment by the General Court in regard to the amount of the fines imposed on undertakings which have infringed the competition rules of the Treaty—Not included—Challenge to that assessment on grounds alleging breach of the principle of proportionality—Lawfulness

    (Arts 101 TFEU, 102 TFEU, 256 TFEU and 261 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Council Regulation No 1/2003, Art. 31)

    (see para. 62)

    Operative part

    1. 

    Dismisses the appeal.

    2. 

    Orders Samsung SDI Co. Ltd and Samsung SDI (Malaysia) Bhd to pay the costs.


    ( 1 ) OJ C 27, 25.1.2016.

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