EU Cartel Enforcement In June 2016

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

1. Summary of Significant Case Developments

General Court confirms Commission's decision in pre-stressing steel cartel case against four producers

On 2 June 2016, the General Court ("GC") of the European Union issued a judgment upholding the Commission's 2010 decision against a price-fixing and market-sharing cartel for pre-stressing steel (see VBB on Competition Law, Volume 2010, No. 6, available at www.vbb.com).  The judgment addresses appeals brought by four producers.  In its joined judgment, the GC dismissed all of the allegations of Commission errors, including on the attribution of liability, the existence of a single economic unit and of a single and continuous infringement, the calculation of the fine and the applicants'