Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 26 September 2013 — Alliance One International, Inc. v European Commission

(Case C-668/11 P) (1)

(Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Spanish market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco - Price-fixing and market-sharing - Infringement of Article 81 EC - Whether unlawful conduct of a subsidiary attributable to its parent company - Deterrent effect - Equal treatment - Cooperation - Obligation to state reasons - Mitigating circumstances)

2013/C 344/29

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Appellant: Alliance One International, Inc. (represented by: M. Odriozola and A. Vide, Abogados)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, and J. Bourke, Agents)

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 October 2011 in Case T-38/05 Agroexpansion v Commission, by which the General Court rejected, in part, an application for the partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2004) 4030 final of 20 October 2004 relating to a proceeding under Article 81(1) [EC] (Case COMP/C.38.238/B2 — Raw tobacco — Spain)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 89, 24.3.2012.