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    Case T-161/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 September 2009 — Hoechst v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for monochloroacetic acid — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Market sharing and price-fixing — Attributability of the infringement — Fines — Proportionality — Cooperation — Aggravating circumstances — Repeated infringement — Access to the file — Report of the Hearing Officer — Order to bring the infringement to an end)

    OJ C 282, 21.11.2009, p. 35–35 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    21.11.2009   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 282/35


    Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 September 2009 — Hoechst v Commission

    (Case T-161/05) (1)

    (Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for monochloroacetic acid - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Market sharing and price-fixing - Attributability of the infringement - Fines - Proportionality - Cooperation - Aggravating circumstances - Repeated infringement - Access to the file - Report of the Hearing Officer - Order to bring the infringement to an end)

    2009/C 282/64

    Language of the case: German

    Parties

    Applicant: Hoechst GmbH, formerly Hoechst AG (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented initially by M. Klusmann and U. Itzen, and subsequently by M. Klusmann, U. Itzen and S. Thomas, lawyers)

    Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented initially by A. Bouquet, F. Amato and M. Schneider, and subsequently by A. Bouquet and M. Kellerbauer, Agents)

    Re:

    Application, principally, for annulment of Articles 2 and 3 of Commission Decision C(2004) 4876 final of 19 January 2005 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/E-1/37.773 — MCAA) and, in the alternative, application for reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant.

    Operative part of the judgment

    The Court:

    1.

    Sets the amount of the fine imposed on Hoechst AG in Article 2(b) of Commission Decision C(2004) 4876 final of 19 January 2005 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/E-1/37.773 — MCAA) at EUR 66 627 million;

    2.

    Dismisses the remainder of the action;

    3.

    Orders each party to bear its own costs.


    (1)  OJ C 155, 25.6.2005.


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