40Furthermore, the Court has stated that, for the effective implementation of the EU competition rules, it may be necessary to consider that the purchaser of the offending undertaking is liable for the infringement of those rules if that offending undertaking ceases to exist by reason of the fact that it has been taken over by the purchaser, which as the acquiring company, takes over its assets and liabilities, including its liability for breaches of EU law (judgment of 5 December 2013, SNIA v Commission, C‑448/11 P, not published, EU:C:2013:801, paragraph 25)
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