Imputability of unlawful conduct: The Court of Justice reminds the Commission its obligations to state reasons in case of rejection of the arguments advanced by a parent company tending to rebut the presumption by which it is responsible for the unlawful conduct of its subsidiary (Arkema, Elf)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. CJEU, 29 September 2011, Elf Aquitaine / Commission, C-521/09 P-DEP One more little effort, ladies] and gentlemen [of the Commission! This is in the substance of the message which the Court of Justice of the European Union sent on 29 September 2011, to DG Competition of the European Commission on the Reasons for rejecting the arguments put forward by a parent company to combat the presumption that, by the mere fact that it holds the all or substantially all of the share capital of its subsidiary, it may be held liable for the subsidiary's conduct in breach of the rules of the Union in competition matters. Already a few days ago, the Commission received a