Judgment of the General Court of 5 October 2011 — Mindo v Commission

(Case T-19/06) (1)

(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Italian market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Price-fixing and market-sharing - Payment of the fine by the jointly and severally liable debtor - Applicant involved in an insolvency procedure in the course of the proceedings - No longer any interest in bringing proceedings - No need to adjudicate)

2011/C 340/28

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Mindo Srl (Rome, Italy) (represented by: J. Folguera Crespo and P. Vidal Martínez, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by É. Gippini Fournier, N. Khan and F. Amato, and subsequently by É. Gippini Fournier, N. Khan and L. Malferrari, Agents)

Re:

Application for partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2005) 4012 final of 20 October 2005 relating to a proceeding under Article 81(1) [EC] (Case COMP/C.38.281/B.2 — Raw tobacco — Italy) and, in the alternative, application for a reduction in the fine imposed on Mindo Srl.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 60, 11.3.2006.