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Cases T-141/07, T-142/07, T-145/07 and T-146/07: Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2011 — General Technic-Otis and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for the installation and maintenance of elevators and escalators — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Bid-rigging — Market sharing — Price fixing)
Cases T-141/07, T-142/07, T-145/07 and T-146/07: Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2011 — General Technic-Otis and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for the installation and maintenance of elevators and escalators — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Bid-rigging — Market sharing — Price fixing)
Cases T-141/07, T-142/07, T-145/07 and T-146/07: Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2011 — General Technic-Otis and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for the installation and maintenance of elevators and escalators — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Bid-rigging — Market sharing — Price fixing)
SL C 269, 10.9.2011, p. 44–44
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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10.9.2011 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 269/44 |
Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2011 — General Technic-Otis and Others v Commission
(Cases T-141/07, T-142/07, T-145/07 and T-146/07) (1)
(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for the installation and maintenance of elevators and escalators - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Bid-rigging - Market sharing - Price fixing)
2011/C 269/97
Languages of the case: French and English
Parties
Applicants: General Technic-Otis Sàrl (Howald, Luxembourg) (represented initially by M. Nosbusch and subsequently by A. Winckler, lawyers, and J. Temple Lang, Solicitor) (Case T-141/07); General Technic Sàrl (Howald) (represented by: M. Nosbusch) (Case T-142/07); Otis SA (Dilbeek, Belgium), Otis GmbH & Co. OHG, (Berlin, Germany), Otis BV (Amersfoort, Netherlands), and Otis Elevator Company (Farmington, Connecticut, United States) (represented by: A. Winckler and J. Temple Lang) (Case T-145/07); and United Technologies Corporation (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented by: A. Winckler and J. Temple Lang) (Case T-146/07)
Defendant: European Commission (represented in Cases T-141/07 and T-142/07, by A. Bouquet and R. Sauer, acting as Agents, and by A. Condomines, lawyer, and, in Cases T-145/07 and T-146/07, by A. Bouquet, R. Sauer and J. Bourke, acting as Agents, and by A. Condomines)
Re:
Applications for annulment of Commission Decision C(2007) 512 final of 21 February 2007 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] (Case COMP/E 1/38.823 — Elevators and Escalators) or, in the alternative, reduction of the amounts of the fines imposed on the applicants.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Joins Cases T-141/07, T-142/07, T-145/07 and T-146/07 for the purposes of this judgment; |
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Dismisses the actions; |
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In Case T-141/07, orders General Technic-Otis Sàrl to pay the costs; |
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In Case T-142/07, orders General Technic Sàrl to pay the costs; |
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In Case T-145/07, orders Otis SA, Otis GmbH & Co. OHG, Otis BV and Otis Elevator Company to pay the costs; |
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In Case T-146/07, orders United Technologies Corporation to pay the costs. |