22.9.2012
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 287/13
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 12 July 2012 — Compañía Española de Tabaco en Rama, SA (Cetarsa) v European Commission
(Case C-181/11 P) (1)
(Appeal - Competition - Agreements - Spanish market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Price fixing and market sharing - Fines - Equal treatment - Maximum limit of 10 % of turnover - Cooperation - Distortion of evidence - Manifest error of assessment - Failure to state reasons)
2012/C 287/22
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Appellant: Compañía Española de Tabaco en Rama, SA (Cetarsa) (represented by: M. Araujo Boyd, J. Buendía Sierra and Á. Givaja Sanz, abogados)
Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, E. Gippini Fournier and L. Malferrari, acting as Agents)
Re:
Appeal against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) in Case T-33/05 Cetarsa v Commission, by which that Court dismissed an application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2004) final of 20 October 2004, relating to a proceeding under Article 81(1) EC (Case COMP/C.38.238/B.2 — Raw Tobacco — Spain), and a cross-appeal by the Commission seeking to have the amount of the fine imposed on the applicant increased
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the appeal and the cross-appeal;
2.
Orders Compañía Española de Tabaco en Rama, SA (Cetarsa) to pay the costs of the appeal;
3.
Orders the European Commission to pay the costs of the cross-appeal.
(1) OJ C 186, 25.6.2011.
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