481As regards a continuing infringement, it must be borne in mind that the notion of an overall plan means that the Commission may assume that an infringement has not been interrupted even if, in relation to a specific period, it has no evidence of the participation of the undertaking concerned in that infringement, provided that that undertaking participated in the infringement prior to and after that period and provided that there is no proof or indicia that the infringement was interrupted so far as concerns that undertaking. In that case, it will be able to impose a fine in respect of the whole of the period of infringement, including the period in respect of which it does not have evidence of the participation of the undertaking concerned (Joined Cases T‑147/09 and T‑148/09 Trelleborg Industrie and Trelleborg v Commission [2013] ECR, paragraph 87).
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