31.8.2013
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 252/8
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 July 2013 — Ziegler SA v European Commission
(Case C-439/11 P) (1)
(Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement - International removal services market in Belgium - Guidelines on the effect on trade between Member States - Legal status - Requirement to define the relevant market - Scope - Right to fair legal process - Principle of good administration - Objective impartiality on the part of the Commission - Guidelines on the method of setting fines (2006) - Proportion of the value of sales - Obligation to state reasons - Fine reduced on grounds of inability to pay or the special circumstances of the case - Equal treatment)
2013/C 252/12
Language of the case: French
Parties
Appellant: Ziegler SA (represented by: J.-F. Bellis, M. Favart and A. Bailleux, avocats)
Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouquet and N. von Lingen, Agents)
Re:
Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 16 June 2011 in Case T-199/08 Ziegler v Commission, by which that court dismissed the action for annulment of Commission Decision C(2008) 926 final of 11 March 2008, relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/38.543 — International removal services) — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Errors in law — Appreciable effect on trade between Member States — Fine — Infringement of the right to fair legal process and the principle of equality and non-discrimination
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the appeal;
2.
Orders Ziegler SA to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 347, 26.11.2011.
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