84Indeed, the General Court observed, in paragraphs 350, 351 and 355 of the judgment under appeal, referring to settled case-law, that the concept of an ‘undertaking’ in competition law must be understood as designating an economic unit for the purpose of the subject-matter of the agreement in question even if in law that economic unit consists of several persons, natural or legal, and that such an economic entity consists of a unitary organisation of personal, tangible and intangible elements, which pursue a specific economic aim on a long-term basis and can contribute to the commission of an infringement of the kind in Article 81(1) EC. The General Court also decided that, where a group of companies constitutes one and the same undertaking, the Commission may impute liability for an infringement committed by the undertaking and impose a fine on the company responsible for the actions of the group in the context of the infringement.
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