Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 7 February 2012.#Total SA and Elf Aquitaine SA v European Commission.#Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Competition — Cartel — Market for methacrylates — Concept of ‘undertaking’ — Presumption of decisive influence — Obligation to state reasons — Principle of sound administration — Extension of the authority of a final decision — Deterrent multiplying factor — Indivisible nature of the fine — Unlimited jurisdiction.#Case C‑421/11 P.

Subject of the case

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 7 June 2011 in Case T‑206/06 Total and Elf Aquitaine v Commission , in which the General Court dismissed the action for annulment of Commission Decision C(2006) 2098 final of 31 May 2006 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/F/38.645 — Methacrylates) — Competition — Cartel — Infringement of the principle that the institutions must act within the limits of their powers and of the principle of proportionality — Manifestly erroneous interpretation — Infringement of the rights of the defence and of the principles of equity and of equality of arms — Duty to state reasons — Infringement of the principle of sound administration.

Operative part

Operative part

1. The appeal is dismissed.

2. Total SA and Elf Aquitaine SA are ordered to pay the costs.