17.9.2018
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 328/40
Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2018 — Pirelli & C. v Commission
(Case T-455/14) (1)
((Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - European market for power cables - Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU - Single and continuous infringement - Imputability of the infringement - Presumption - Obligation to state reasons - Fundamental rights - Proportionality - Equal treatment - Beneficium ordinis seu excussionis - Unlimited jurisdiction))
(2018/C 328/54)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Pirelli & C. SpA (Milan, Italy) (represented initially by: M. Siragusa, F. Moretti, G. Rizza and P. Ferrari, and subsequently by M. Siragusa, F. Moretti, G. Rizza and A. Bardanzellu, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by: C. Giolito, L. Malferrari and P. Rossi, and subsequently by H. van Vliet, L. Malferrari and P. Rossi, acting as Agents, and by P. Manzini, lawyer)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Prysmian Cavi e Sistemi Srl (Milan) (represented by: C. Tesauro, F. Russo and L. Armati, lawyers)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU for the 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 applicant and, in the alternative, a reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Pirelli & C. SpA to bear its own costs and to pay those of the European Commission;
3.
Orders Prysmian Cavi e Sistemi Srl to bear its own costs.
(1) OJ C 261, 11.8.2014.
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