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Case T-497/07: Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 — CEPSA v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Spanish market for penetration bitumen — Annual market-sharing and price-fixing agreements — Translation of the statement of objections — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Reasonable period — Principle of impartiality — Calculation of the amount of the fine — Res judicata)

OJ C 336, 16.11.2013, p. 15–15 (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. 14–14 (HR)

16.11.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 336/15


Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 — CEPSA v Commission

(Case T-497/07) (1)

(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Spanish market for penetration bitumen - Annual market-sharing and price-fixing agreements - Translation of the statement of objections - Imputability of the unlawful conduct - Reasonable period - Principle of impartiality - Calculation of the amount of the fine - Res judicata)

2013/C 336/29

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Compañía Española de Petróleos (CEPSA), SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented: initially by O. Armengol i Gasull, P. Pérez-Llorca Zamora and Á. Pascual Morcillo, subsequently by O. Armengol i Gasull and J. Rodríguez Cárcamo, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, acting as Agent, and initially by J. Rivas Andrés, lawyer, and M. Heenan Bróna, solicitor, subsequently by J. Rivas Andrés and J. Gutiérrez Gisbert, lawyer, and finally by J. Rivas Andrés)

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 regarding the amount of the fine.

3.

Orders Compañía Española de Petróleos (CEPSA), SA to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 64, 8.3.2008.


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