Case C- 501/11 Schindler Holding and others v Commission (Elevators and escalators cartel) [Archived]

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Case C- 501/11 Schindler Holding and others v Commission (Elevators and escalators cartel) [Archived]

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OutlineAppeal brought by Schindler and other subsidiaries in the Schindler group against the General Court judgment dismissing Schindler's action for annulment of the commission decision finding an infringement and imposing a fine of €143.7m for its alleged participation in an elevator and escalator cartel between 1995 and 2004. At the time of the Commission decision, the combined fine of €992.3m on four elevator and escalator manufacturers was the highest overall fine ever imposed by the Commission for a cartel violation (and included what was then the largest individual fine on an undertaking (ThyssenKrupp)—a fine which has since been reduced by nearly €160m on appeal following the General Court's judgment). This case focuses (amongst other things) on the interaction between the administrative procedure for enforcing competition law (namely by the Commission) and the protection of fundamental rights (as
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Commission definition
What does Commission mean?

In the context of the bribery Act 2010, a commission is the giving of a financial advantage, although it is not necessarily a bribe.

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