5.5.2012
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 133/11
Order of the Court of 2 February 2012 — Elf Aquitaine SA v European Commission
(Case C-404/11 P) (1)
(Appeal - Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 - Competition - Cartel - Sodium chlorate market - Concept of an ‘undertaking’ - Presumption of decisive influence - Scope of that presumption - Factors not capable of rebutting the presumption - Personal fine - Unlimited jurisdiction)
2012/C 133/20
Language of the case: French
Parties
Appellant: Elf Aquitaine SA (represented by: E. Morgan de Rivery and E. Lagathu, avocats)
Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: E. Gippini Fournier and R. Sauer, acting as Agents)
Re:
Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 17 May 2011 in Case T-299/08 Elf Aquitaine v Commission, by which the General Court dismissed the action brought by the applicant for annulment of Commission Decision C(2008) 2626 final of 11 June 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/38.695 — Sodium chlorate) — Competition — Cartel — Infringement of the principles of conferral and proportionality — Manifestly erroneous interpretation — Infringement of the rights of the defence, of the principles of equality and equality of arms — Duty to state reasons — Illegality of the personal fine
Operative part of the order
1.
The appeal is dismissed.
2.
Elf Aquitaine SA is ordered to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 298, 8.10.2011.
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