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Document 62016CJ0271

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 1 February 2018.
Panalpina World Transport (Holding) Ltd and Others v European Commission.
Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Article 101 TFEU — Price fixing — International air freight forwarding services — Tariff agreement affecting the final price of services.
Case C-271/16 P.

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Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 1 February 2018 — Panalpina World Transport (Holding) and Others v Commission

(Case C‑271/16 P) ( 1 )

(Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Article 101 TFEU — Price fixing — International air freight forwarding services — Tariff agreement affecting the final price of services)

1. 

Appeal—Grounds—Plea unsupported by legal argument—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 para. 17)

2. 

Competition—Fines—Amount—Determination—Determination of the basic amount—Determination of the value of sales—Sales carried out in direct or indirect relation to the infringement—Cartel in the international air freight forwarding services sector—Cartel regarding freight forwarding services as a package of services—Account taken of the value of sales made in the provision of freight forwarding services as a package of services—Lawfulness

(Art. 101 TFEU; Council Regulation No 1/2003, Art. 23(2) and (3); Commission Communication 2006/C 210/02, point 13)

(see paras 28-32)

Operative part

The Court:

1. 

Dismisses the appeal;

2. 

Orders Panalpina World Transport (Holding) Ltd, Panalpina Management AG and Panalpina China Ltd to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.


( 1 ) OJ C 243, 4.7.2016.

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