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    Case T-548/08: Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2013 — Total v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Paraffin waxes market — Slack wax market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Rights of the defence — Principle of the legality of criminal offences and penalties — Presumption of innocence — Attributability of the unlawful conduct — Liability of a parent company for infringements of the competition rules committed by its subsidiaries — Decisive influence exercised by the parent company — Presumption where the parent company holds nearly 100 % of the shares)

    IO C 313, 26.10.2013, p. 18–18 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    26.10.2013   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 313/18


    Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2013 — Total v Commission

    (Case T-548/08) (1)

    (Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Paraffin waxes market - Slack wax market - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Price-fixing and market-sharing - Rights of the defence - Principle of the legality of criminal offences and penalties - Presumption of innocence - Attributability of the unlawful conduct - Liability of a parent company for infringements of the competition rules committed by its subsidiaries - Decisive influence exercised by the parent company - Presumption where the parent company holds nearly 100 % of the shares)

    2013/C 313/32

    Language of the case: French

    Parties

    Applicant: Total SA (Courbevoie, France) (represented by: É. Morgan de Rivery and A. Noël-Baron, lawyers)

    Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and É. Gippini Fournier, acting as Agents)

    Re:

    Primarily, application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2008) 5476 final of 1 October 2008, relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/39.181 — Candle waxes), and, in the alternative, application for annulment or reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant.

    Operative part of the judgment

    The Court:

    1.

    Dismisses the action;

    2.

    Orders Total SA to bear its own costs and to pay those of the European Commission.


    (1)  OJ C 44, 21.2.2009.


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