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Document 62015TA0772
Case T-772/15: Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2019 — Quanta Storage v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for optical disk drives — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Collusive agreements relating to bidding events concerning optical disk drives for notebook and desktop computers — Rights of the defence — Obligation to state reasons — Principle of good administration — Fines — Single and continuous infringement — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines)
Case T-772/15: Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2019 — Quanta Storage v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for optical disk drives — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Collusive agreements relating to bidding events concerning optical disk drives for notebook and desktop computers — Rights of the defence — Obligation to state reasons — Principle of good administration — Fines — Single and continuous infringement — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines)
Case T-772/15: Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2019 — Quanta Storage v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for optical disk drives — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Collusive agreements relating to bidding events concerning optical disk drives for notebook and desktop computers — Rights of the defence — Obligation to state reasons — Principle of good administration — Fines — Single and continuous infringement — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines)
OJ C 305, 9.9.2019, p. 35–35
(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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9.9.2019 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 305/35 |
Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2019 — Quanta Storage v Commission
(Case T-772/15) (1)
(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for optical disk drives - Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement - Collusive agreements relating to bidding events concerning optical disk drives for notebook and desktop computers - Rights of the defence - Obligation to state reasons - Principle of good administration - Fines - Single and continuous infringement - 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines)
(2019/C 305/41)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Quanta Storage, Inc. (Taoyuan, Taiwan) (represented by: O. Geiss, lawyer, B. Hartnett, Barrister, and W. Sparks, Solicitor)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Giolito and F. van Schaik, acting as Agents, and by C. Thomas, lawyer)
Re:
Action under Article 263 TFEU seeking, principally, annulment in part of Commission Decision C(2015) 7135 final of 21 October 2015 final relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case AT.39639 — Optical disk drives), or, in the alternative, a reduction of the amount of the fine imposed on the applicant.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Dismisses the European Commission’s request that the amount of the fine of Quanta Storage, Inc. be increased; |
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Orders Quanta Storage to bear its own costs and to pay four fifths of the costs incurred by the Commission. |