Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2017 — Marine Harvest v Commission

(Case T-704/14) (1)

((Competition - Concentrations - Decision imposing a fine for putting into effect a concentration prior to its notification and authorisation - Article 4(1), Article 7(1) and (2) and Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 - Negligence - Principle ne bis in idem - Gravity of the infringement - Amount of the fine))

(2017/C 424/39)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Marine Harvest ASA (Bergen, Norway) (represented by: R. Subiotto QC)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Farley, C. Giolito and F. Jimeno Fernández, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking, principally, annulment of Commission Decision C(2014) 5089 final of 23 July 2014 imposing a fine for putting into effect a concentration in breach of Article 4(1) and Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Case COMP/M.7184 — Marine Harvest/Morpol), and, in the alternative, annulment or reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 409, 17.11.2014.