1. 

Appeal—Grounds—Lack of specific criticism of a point of the General Court’s reasoning and of legal arguments in support of the appeal—Inadmissibility

(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 168(1)(d) and 169(2))

(see paras 18, 19)

2. 

Appeal—Grounds—Inadequate statement of reasons—Reliance by the General Court on implied reasoning—Lawfulness—Conditions

(Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36 and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 81)

(see paras 20, 21)

3. 

Competition—Administrative procedure—Commission decision finding an infringement—Judicial review—Adversarial nature of the procedure followed before the EU Courts—Obligations of the undertaking challenging the Commission’s decision

(Art. 81(1) EC)

(see paras 22, 26)

4. 

Competition—EU rules—Infringements—Attribution—Imputability to an undertaking of the conduct of its organs—Conditions—Action of a person authorised to act on behalf of the undertaking

(Art. 81 EC)

(see paras 28-30)

5. 

Acts of the institutions—Obligation to state reasons—Subject matter—Scope

(Art. 253 EC)

(see para. 40)

6. 

Appeal—Grounds—Mistaken assessment of the facts—Inadmissibility—Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence—Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted

(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)

(see paras 45-48)

7. 

Competition—Administrative procedure—Commission decision finding an infringement—Burden of proving the infringement and its duration on the Commission—Extent of the burden of proof—Proof adduced by a number of indicia and coincidences pointing to the existence and duration of continuous anti-competitive practices—Lawfulness

(Art. 81 EC)

(see paras 51, 52)

1.

Dismisses the appeal;

2.

Orders Tudapetrol Mineralölerzeugnisse Nils Hansen KG to pay the costs.