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Document 62006TA0055
Joined Cases T-55/06 and T-66/06: Judgment of the General Court of 16 November 2011 — RKW and JM Gesellschaft für industrielle Beteiligungen v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Plastic industrial bags sector — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Fines — Guidelines for the calculation of fines — Maximum limit of 10 % of turnover — Implementation — Legality — Proportionality — Equal treatment — Single and continuous infringement — Attenuating circumstances — Exclusively passive role — Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based — Imputability of unlawful conduct)
Joined Cases T-55/06 and T-66/06: Judgment of the General Court of 16 November 2011 — RKW and JM Gesellschaft für industrielle Beteiligungen v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Plastic industrial bags sector — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Fines — Guidelines for the calculation of fines — Maximum limit of 10 % of turnover — Implementation — Legality — Proportionality — Equal treatment — Single and continuous infringement — Attenuating circumstances — Exclusively passive role — Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based — Imputability of unlawful conduct)
Joined Cases T-55/06 and T-66/06: Judgment of the General Court of 16 November 2011 — RKW and JM Gesellschaft für industrielle Beteiligungen v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Plastic industrial bags sector — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Fines — Guidelines for the calculation of fines — Maximum limit of 10 % of turnover — Implementation — Legality — Proportionality — Equal treatment — Single and continuous infringement — Attenuating circumstances — Exclusively passive role — Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based — Imputability of unlawful conduct)
OJ C 6, 7.1.2012, p. 9–10
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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7.1.2012 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 6/9 |
Judgment of the General Court of 16 November 2011 — RKW and JM Gesellschaft für industrielle Beteiligungen v Commission
(Joined Cases T-55/06 and T-66/06) (1)
(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Plastic industrial bags sector - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Fines - Guidelines for the calculation of fines - Maximum limit of 10 % of turnover - Implementation - Legality - Proportionality - Equal treatment - Single and continuous infringement - Attenuating circumstances - Exclusively passive role - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Imputability of unlawful conduct)
2012/C 6/12
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicants: RKW SE, formerly RKW AG Rheinische Kunststoffwerke (Worms, Germany), and JM Gesellschaft für industrielle Beteiligungen mbH & Co. KGaA (Worms) (represented by: H.-J. Hellmann, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and R. Sauer, acting as Agents, assisted by M. Núñez-Müller, lawyer)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2005) 4634 final of 30 November 2005 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] (Case COMP/F/38.354 — Industrial bags) and, in the alternative, for reduction of the fine imposed on the applicants.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders RKW SE and JM Gesellschaft für industrielle Beteiligungen mbH & Co. KGaA to pay the costs. |