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Document 62008CA0097
Case C-97/08 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 September 2009 — Akzo Nobel NV, Akzo Nobel Nederland BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals International BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals BV, Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals BV v Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Article 81(1) EC — Article 53(1) of the EEA Agreement — Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Groups of undertakings — Imputability of infringements — Responsibility of a parent company for the infringement of competition rules by its subsidiaries — Decisive influence exercised by the parent company — Rebuttable presumption where the parent company has a 100 % shareholding)
Case C-97/08 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 September 2009 — Akzo Nobel NV, Akzo Nobel Nederland BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals International BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals BV, Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals BV v Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Article 81(1) EC — Article 53(1) of the EEA Agreement — Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Groups of undertakings — Imputability of infringements — Responsibility of a parent company for the infringement of competition rules by its subsidiaries — Decisive influence exercised by the parent company — Rebuttable presumption where the parent company has a 100 % shareholding)
Case C-97/08 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 September 2009 — Akzo Nobel NV, Akzo Nobel Nederland BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals International BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals BV, Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals BV v Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Article 81(1) EC — Article 53(1) of the EEA Agreement — Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Groups of undertakings — Imputability of infringements — Responsibility of a parent company for the infringement of competition rules by its subsidiaries — Decisive influence exercised by the parent company — Rebuttable presumption where the parent company has a 100 % shareholding)
OJ C 267, 7.11.2009, p. 17–17
(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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7.11.2009 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 267/17 |
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 September 2009 — Akzo Nobel NV, Akzo Nobel Nederland BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals International BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals BV, Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals BV v Commission of the European Communities
(Case C-97/08 P) (1)
(Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Article 81(1) EC - Article 53(1) of the EEA Agreement - Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 - Groups of undertakings - Imputability of infringements - Responsibility of a parent company for the infringement of competition rules by its subsidiaries - Decisive influence exercised by the parent company - Rebuttable presumption where the parent company has a 100 % shareholding)
2009/C 267/28
Language of the case: English
Parties
Appellants: Akzo Nobel NV, Akzo Nobel Nederland BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals International BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals BV and Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals BV (represented by: C. Swaak, M. van der Woude and M. Mollica, avocats)
Other party to the proceedings: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: X. Lewis and F. Castillo de la Torre, Agents)
Re:
Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 12 December 2007 in Case T-112/05 Akzo Nobel NV and Others v Commission of the European Communities, which rejected an application for annulment of Commission Decision 2005/566/EC of 9 December 2004 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/E-2/37.533 — Choline chloride) (OJ 2005 L 190, p. 22) concerning a complex of agreements and concerted practices consisting of price fixing, market sharing and agreed actions against competitors in the European market for choline chloride — Concept of undertaking within the meaning of Article 81 EC and Article 23(2) of Regulation No 1/2003.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeal; |
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Orders Akzo Nobel NV, Akzo Nobel Nederland BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals International BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals BV and Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals BV to pay the costs. |