15/12/2016 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 15 December, the General Court of the EU dismissed the actions brought by the companies Phillips and Infineon challenging the fines handed down by the European Commission in 2014 over a cartel on the smart card chip market (see EUROPE 11147). This judgement in joint cases T-758/14 and T-762/14 was returned despite the fact that the General Court had noted irregularities in the procedure. In particular, the European Ombudsman criticised the...