Judgment of the General Court of 16 November 2011 — ASPLA v Commission

(Case T-76/06) (1)

(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Plastic industrial bags sector - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Exchange of individualised information - Fixing of prices and sales quotas by geographic area - Allocation of customers - Concerted bidding in response to invitations to tender - Single and continuous infringement - Extent of the infringement - Definition of the product market and the geographic market - Guidelines for the calculation of fines - Principles of equal treatment and proportionality - Aggravating and attenuating circumstances - Ceiling of 10 % of turnover)

2012/C 6/16

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Plasticos Españoles, SA (ASPLA) (Torrelavega, Spain) (represented initially by: E. Garayar Gutiérrez and A. García Castillo, then by E. Garayar Gutiérrez, M. Troncoso Ferrer and C. Ruixó Claramunt, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, acting as Agent)

Re:

Application for annulment in part of Commission Decision C(2005) 4634 final of 30 November 2005 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] (Case COMP/F/38.354 — Industrial bags), concerning a cartel on the market for plastic industrial bags, and, in the alternative, for reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 108, 6.5.2006.