17.9.2018
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 328/38
Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2018 — Sumitomo Electric Industries and J-Power Systems v Commission
(Case T-450/14) (1)
((Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - European market for power cables - Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU - Single and continuous infringement - Proof of the infringement - Duration of participation - Public distancing - Calculation of the fine - Gravity of the infringement - Unlimited jurisdiction))
(2018/C 328/52)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd (Osaka, Japan) and J-Power Systems Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) (represented by M. Hansen, L. Crocco, J. Ruiz Calzado and S. Völcker, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by C. Giolito, H. van Vliet and J. Norris-Usher, acting as Agents, and by M. Gray, Barrister)
Re:
Action pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2014) 2139 final of 2 April 2014 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 [TFEU] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case AT.39610 — Power cables) in so far as it concerns the applicants and, in the alternative, an application for a reduction in the amount of the fine imposed on the applicants in that decision.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd and J-Power Systems Corp. to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 303, 8.9.2014.
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