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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)

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)

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:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Tokin Corp. to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission.


(1)  OJ C 294, 20.8.2018.


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