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Case T-343/18: Judgment of the General Court of 29 September 2021 — Tokin v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for aluminium electrolytic capacitors and tantalum electrolytic capacitors — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Price coordination throughout the EEA — Statement of objections — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Value of sales — Proportionality — Equal treatment — Gravity of the infringement — Mitigating circumstances)
Case T-343/18: Judgment of the General Court of 29 September 2021 — Tokin v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for aluminium electrolytic capacitors and tantalum electrolytic capacitors — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Price coordination throughout the EEA — Statement of objections — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Value of sales — Proportionality — Equal treatment — Gravity of the infringement — Mitigating circumstances)
Case T-343/18: Judgment of the General Court of 29 September 2021 — Tokin v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for aluminium electrolytic capacitors and tantalum electrolytic capacitors — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Price coordination throughout the EEA — Statement of objections — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Value of sales — Proportionality — Equal treatment — Gravity of the infringement — Mitigating circumstances)
OJ C 471, 22.11.2021, p. 35–35
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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22.11.2021 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 471/35 |
Judgment of the General Court of 29 September 2021 — Tokin v Commission
(Case T-343/18) (1)
(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for aluminium electrolytic capacitors and tantalum electrolytic capacitors - Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement - Price coordination throughout the EEA - Statement of objections - 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines - Value of sales - Proportionality - Equal treatment - Gravity of the infringement - Mitigating circumstances)
(2021/C 471/48)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Tokin Corp. (Sendai, Japan) (represented by: C. Thomas, lawyer, and T. Yuen, Solicitor)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Cleenewerck de Crayencour, F. van Schaik and L. Wildpanner, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU for, primarily, annulment of Commission Decision C(2018) 1768 final of 21 March 2018 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 [TFEU] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case AT.40136 — Capacitors), in so far as that decision imposes fines on the applicant, and, in the alternative, a reduction in the amount of those fines.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Tokin Corp. to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission. |