Judgment_paragraph 484 · Dole Food Company, Inc. and Dole Germany OHG v European Commission (T-588/08)

484Moreover, even if a participant in collusive conduct may seek to exploit it for its own ends, or even cheat, that does not however diminish its liability in respect of its participation in that conduct. According to settled case-law, an undertaking which, despite a cartel with its competitors, follows a more or less independent policy on the market may simply be trying to exploit the cartel for its own benefit (Case T-308/94 Cascades v Commission [1998] ECR II-925, paragraph 230; Case T-59/02 Archer Daniels Midland v Commission [2006] ECR II-3627, paragraph 189; see, also, Joined Cases 96/82 to 102/82, 104/82, 105/82, 108/82 and 110/82 IAZ international Belgium and Others v Commission [1983] ECR 3369, paragraph 25).