European Union – Rules on competition. The Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed the appeal by Dole Food Co, Inc. (Dole) and one of its subsidiaries against a decision of the General Court of the European Union which had upheld the decision by the European Commission to impose a fine on Dole and that subsidiary for participation in a concerted practice consisting of co-ordinating their quotation prices for bananas marketed in certain countries within the European Union.