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Areva and Others v European Commission (C-247/11 P, C-253/11 P)
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Areva and Others v European Commission (C-247/11 P, C-253/11 P)

Judgment of 10 Apr 2014law://eu/cjeu/2011/c-247-11/para_124@2026-11-10

124Moreover, the European Union legislature used that concept of an undertaking in Article 23(2) of Regulation No 1/2003 to define the entity on which the Commission may impose a fine in order to penalise an infringement of the European Union’s rules on competition.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Fourth Chamber
Cases: C-247/11 P, C-253/11 P · ECLI:EU:C:2014:257
Decided: 10 Apr 2014
Procedure: Action for annulment
Ruled invalid: 62007TJ0117
Applicants: Areva SA; Alstom SA and 3 more
T & D Holding SA; Alstom Grid SAS; Alstom Grid AG
Defendants: Alstom SA; T & D Holding SA and 3 more
Alstom Grid SAS; Alstom Grid AG; Areva SA
Rapporteur: A. Prechal
Advocate General: P. Mengozzi
Bench: 5 judges
L. Bay Larsen, K. Lenaerts, M. Safjan, J. Malenovský, A. Prechal
Language: French
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62011CJ0247

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Interprets 1: Areva and Others and Alstom v European Commission (T-117/07)
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Cites 19: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)6 provisions; Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (Text with EEA relevance); Elf Aquitaine SA v European Commission (C-521/09 P); Schindler Holding Ltd and Others v European Commission (C-501/11 P); Ziegler SA v European Commission (C-439/11 P); Akzo Nobel NV and Others v Commission of the European Communities (C-97/08); ArcelorMittal Luxembourg SA v European Commission and European Commission v ArcelorMittal Luxembourg SA and Others (C-201/09 P, C-216/09 P); Fabbrica italiana accumulatori motocarri Montecchio SpA (FIAMM) and Fabbrica italiana accumulatori motocarri Montecchio Technologies LLC, Giorgio Fedon & Figli SpA and Fedon America, Inc. v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities (C-120/06); European Commission v Siemens AG Österreich and Others and Siemens Transmission & Distribution Ltd and Others v European Commission (C-231/11 P, C-232/11 P, C-233/11 P); Siemens AG and Others v European Commission (C-239/11); Frucona Košice a.s. v European Commission (C-73/11 P); Eni SpA v European Commission (C-508/11 P); Team Relocations NV and Others v European Commission (C-444/11); Alliance One International Inc., formerly Standard Commercial Corp., and Standard Commercial Tobacco Co. Inc. v European Commission and European Commission v Alliance One International Inc. and Others (C-628/10 P, C-14/11 P); Quinn Barlo Ltd and Others v European Commission (C-70/12); European Commission v Tomkins plc (C-286/11 P); Areva and Others and Alstom v European Commission (T-117/07); Koninklijke Wegenbouw Stevin BV v European Commission (C-586/12); Dansk Rørindustri A/S, Isoplus Fernwärmetechnik Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH and Others, KE KELIT Kunststoffwerk GmbH, LR af 1998 A/S, Brugg Rohrsysteme GmbH, LR af 1998 (Deutschland) GmbH and ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd v Commission of the European Communities (C-189/02 P, C-202/02 P, C-205/02 P, C-206/02 P, C-207/02 P, C-208/02 P, C-213/02 P)