Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-814/17 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, December 11, 2020

• Resolution Date: December 11, 2020
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-814/17

Judgment of the General Court of 18 November 2020 - Lietuvos geležinkeliai v Commission

(Case T-814/17) ¹

(Competition - Abuse of a dominant position - Rail freight market - Decision finding an infringement of Article 102 TFEU - Access by third-party undertakings to infrastructure managed by Lithuania’s national railway company - Removal of a section of railway track - Concept of ‘abuse’ - Actual or likely exclusion of a competitor - Calculation of the amount of the fine - 2006 Guidelines on the method for setting fines - Remedies - Proportionality - Unlimited jurisdiction)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Lietuvos geležinkeliai AB (Vilnius, Lithuania) (represented by: W. Deselaers, K. Apel and P. Kirst, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Cleenewerck de Crayencour, A. Dawes, H. Leupold and G. Meessen, acting as Agents)

Intervener, in support of the defendant: Orlen Lietuva AB (Mažeikiai, Lithuania) (represented by: C. Thomas and C. Conte, lawyers)

Re:

Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking, primarily, the annulment of Commission Decision C(2017) 6544 final of 2 October 2017 relating to proceedings under Article 102 TFEU (Case AT.39813 - Baltic Rail) and, in the alternative, the reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The...