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Document 62011TN0342
Case T-342/11: Action brought on 30 June 2011 — CEEES y Asociación de Gestores de Estaciones de Servicio v Commission
Case T-342/11: Action brought on 30 June 2011 — CEEES y Asociación de Gestores de Estaciones de Servicio v Commission
Case T-342/11: Action brought on 30 June 2011 — CEEES y Asociación de Gestores de Estaciones de Servicio v Commission
IO C 252, 27.8.2011, p. 40–41
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
27.8.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 252/40 |
Action brought on 30 June 2011 — CEEES y Asociación de Gestores de Estaciones de Servicio v Commission
(Case T-342/11)
2011/C 252/90
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicants: Confederación Española de Empresarios de Estaciones de Servicio (CEEES) (Spain) y Asociación de Gestores de Estaciones de Servicio (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: A Hernández Pardo and B Marín Corral, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission
Form of order sought
The applicants claim that the General Court should:
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annul the contested decision; |
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as a consequence of the annulment, order the Commission to impose a fine or periodic penalty payments on REPSOL for having failed to comply with Article 9 of Regulation No 1/2003. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
The present action has been brought against the decision of the European Commission of 28 April 2011, adopted in Case COMP/39461/CEEES AOP-REPSOL, the purpose of which was to determine whether the complaint lodged by the applicants on 30 May 2007 was admissible. That complaint was based on three main claims:
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The existence of horizontal agreements of the Asociación de Operadores Petrolíferos (AOP) and its members which limited competition between them. |
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Infringement of Article 101 and Article 102 TFEU for fixing retail prices. |
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Failure on the part of REPSOL to comply with the Commission's decision of 12 April 2006 (2006/446/EC) relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 of the EC Treaty and adopted pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (Case COMP/B-1/38.348 — Repsol CPP), and the [absence] of consequences following from that failure. |
In the contested decision the Commission considers that there were not sufficient grounds to adopt against Repsol any of the measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 for the failure of parties to comply with their commitments.
The applicants rely on two pleas in law in support of their action.
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First plea in law, based on an infringement of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003, together with an infringement of the principle of direct effect of European Union law.
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Second plea in law, based on an infringement of Article 23(2)(c) and Article 24(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003.
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