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22.10.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 311/32 |
Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2011 — Alliance One International v Commission
(Case T-25/06) (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 - Attributability of the unlawful conduct - Fines)
2011/C 311/54
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Alliance One International, Inc. (Danville, Virginia, United States) (represented by: C. Osti and A. Prastaro, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented: initially by É. Gippini Fournier and F. Amato, and subsequently by E. Gippini Fournier and N. Khan, 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 Alliance One International.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Alliance One International, Inc. to pay the costs. |