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Case T-496/07: Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 — Repsol Lubricantes y Especialidades and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Spanish market for penetration bitumen — Annual market-sharing and price-fixing agreements — Rights of defence — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Principle that penalties must be specific to the offender — Calculation of the amount of the fine — Res judicata)

OJ C 336, 16.11.2013, p. 14–14 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
OJ C 336, 16.11.2013, p. 13–13 (HR)

16.11.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 336/14


Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 — Repsol Lubricantes y Especialidades and Others v Commission

(Case T-496/07) (1)

(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Spanish market for penetration bitumen - Annual market-sharing and price-fixing agreements - Rights of defence - Imputability of the unlawful conduct - Principle that penalties must be specific to the offender - Calculation of the amount of the fine - Res judicata)

2013/C 336/28

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicants: Repsol Lubricantes y Especialidades, SA, formerly Repsol Lubricantes YPF y Especialidades, SA (Madrid, Spain); Repsol Petróleo, SA (Madrid); and Repsol, SA, formerly Repsol YPF, SA (Madrid) (represented by: L. Ortiz Blanco, J. Buendía Sierra, M. Muñoz de Juan and Á. Givaja Sanz, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and C. Urraca Caviedes, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2007) 4441 final of 3 October 2007 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] (Case COMP-38.710 Bitumen (Spain)), and for reduction in the amount of the fine imposed on the applicant in that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Dismisses the claim of the European Commission seeking an increase of the amount of the fine;

3.

Orders Repsol Lubricantes y Especialidades, SA, Repsol Petróleo, SA and Repsol, SA to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 64, 8.3.2008.


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