CJEU fines Roullier group €60m over phosphates cartel
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in the cartel during that period, the Commission considered that most of the proposed reductions were no longer appropriate for the period 1993-2004. The change in position of the Roullier group explains why it cannot rely on the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations regarding maintenance of the estimates indicated by the Commission during the settlement procedure.
The Roullier group further argued that the General Court did not give a ruling within a reasonable period (the proceedings before the General Court having lasted approximately four years and nine months). The court considered that, in the absence of any additional evidence submitted by the parties, it is not evident that the General Court infringed, in a sufficiently serious manner, its obligation to adjudicate on the case within a reasonable time.
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