7.1.2012
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 6/12
Judgment of the General Court of 16 November 2011 — Sachsa Verpackung v Commission
(Case T-79/06) (1)
(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Plastic industrial bags sector - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Price fixing - Allocation of sales quotas by geographic area - Allocation of customers - Exchange of individualised information - Proof of the infringement - Duration of the infringement - Fines - Gravity of the infringement - Proportionality - Attenuating circumstances - Follow-my-leader role)
2012/C 6/18
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Sachsa Verpackung GmbH (Wieda, Germany) (represented by: F. Puel and L. François-Martin, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by: F. Castillo de la Torre and F. Arbault, then by F. Castillo de la Torre and N. von Lingen, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment in part of Commission Decision C(2005) 4634 final of 30 November 2005 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] (Case COMP/F/38.354 — Industrial bags), concerning a cartel on the market for plastic industrial bags, and, in the alternative, for amendment of that decision.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Gascogne Sack Deutschland GmbH to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 96, 22.4.2006.
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