24.11.2012
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 366/20
Order of the Court of 15 June 2012 — United Technologies Corp. v European Commission
(Case C-493/11 P) (1)
(Appeals - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for the installation and maintenance of elevators and escalators - Fines - Parent company and subsidiaries - Imputability of the unlawful conduct)
2012/C 366/35
Language of the case: English
Parties
Appellant: United Technologies Corp. (represented by: A. Winckler and D. Gerard, lawyers, and by J. Temple Lang and C. Cook, Solicitors)
Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouquet, R. Sauer and J. Bourke, acting as Agents)
Re:
Appeal against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 July 2011 in Joined Cases T-141/07, T-142/07, T-145/07 and T-146/07 General Technic-Otis and Others v Commission, by which the General Court dismissed an action for the partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2007) 512 final of 21 February 2007 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty (Case COMP/E-1/38.823 — Elevators and Escalators), concerning a cartel in the market for the installation and maintenance of elevators and escalators in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, concerning bid-rigging, market-sharing, price-fixing, the awarding of projects and contracts related thereto and exchange of information, and, in the alternative, for the annulment or reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant — Liability of a parent company for infringements of the competition rules committed by its subsidiaries
Operative part of the order
1.
The appeal is dismissed.
2.
United Technologies Corporation shall pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 347, 26.11.2011.
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