Dole Food And Dole Fresh Fruit Europe v Commission: ECJ 19 Mar 2015

ECJ Judgment – Appeals – Competition – Agreements, decisions and concerted practices – European banana market – Coordination in the setting of quotation prices – Obligation to state reasons – Belated statement of reasons – Belated submission of evidence – Rights of defence – Principle of equality of arms – Principles governing the establishment of the facts – Distortion of the facts – Assessment of the evidence – Market structure – Requirement for the Commission to specify those aspects of the exchange of information which constitute a restriction of competition by object – Burden of proof – Calculation of the fine – Whether sales made by subsidiaries not involved in the infringement are to be taken into account – Sales of the same bananas counted twice

C-286/13, [2015] EUECJ C-286/13, ECLI:EU:C:2015:184
Bailii

European, Commercial

Updated: 29 December 2021; Ref: scu.544889