Cartels And Horizontal Agreements Developments In The EU In September 2016

In the following sections, we first provide a factual overview of the significant case developments at EU level, and thereafter provide a detailed analysis of an important substantive or procedural development addressed in one of these cases.

1. Summary of Significant Case Developments

General Court dismisses appeal in the North Sea Shrimps traders cartel case

On 8 September 2016, the General Court ("GC") dismissed in its entirety the appeal lodged by Goldfish and Heiploeg against a 2013 Commission decision that had found that four North Sea shrimps traders operated an illegal price-fixing cartel (see VBB on Competition Law, Volume 2013, No. 11, available at www.vbb.com).  The companies were fined over € 27 million.