7.1.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 6/11


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

(Case T-78/06) (1)

(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Plastic industrial bags sector - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Concept of undertaking - Imputability of the unlawful conduct - Presumption of innocence)

2012/C 6/17

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Armando Álvarez, SA (Madrid, 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.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Armando Álvarez, SA to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 121, 20.5.2006.