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Document 62008TA0551
Case T-551/08: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014 — H&R ChemParm v Commission (Competition — Agreements — Paraffin waxes market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price fixing — Proof of the infringement — 2006 Guidelines for calculating the amount of fines — Reference period — Calculation of the value of sales — Gravity of the infringement — Cartel during the period of the infringement — Equal treatment — Proportionality)
Case T-551/08: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014 — H&R ChemParm v Commission (Competition — Agreements — Paraffin waxes market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price fixing — Proof of the infringement — 2006 Guidelines for calculating the amount of fines — Reference period — Calculation of the value of sales — Gravity of the infringement — Cartel during the period of the infringement — Equal treatment — Proportionality)
Case T-551/08: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014 — H&R ChemParm v Commission (Competition — Agreements — Paraffin waxes market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price fixing — Proof of the infringement — 2006 Guidelines for calculating the amount of fines — Reference period — Calculation of the value of sales — Gravity of the infringement — Cartel during the period of the infringement — Equal treatment — Proportionality)
OJ C 46, 9.2.2015, p. 39–39
(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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9.2.2015 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 46/39 |
Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014 — H&R ChemParm v Commission
(Case T-551/08) (1)
((Competition - Agreements - Paraffin waxes market - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Price fixing - Proof of the infringement - 2006 Guidelines for calculating the amount of fines - Reference period - Calculation of the value of sales - Gravity of the infringement - Cartel during the period of the infringement - Equal treatment - Proportionality))
(2015/C 046/46)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: H&R ChemParm GmbH (Salzbergen, Germany) (represented by: initially M. Klusmann, lawyer, and S. Thomas, professor, then M. Klusmann)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Antoniadis and R. Sauer, Agents)
Re:
Primarily, an application for annulment of Commission Decision C (2008) 5476 final of 1 October 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/39.181 — Candle Waxes), in that it concerns the applicant, and, in the alternative, an application for a reduction of the amount of the fine imposed on it.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders H&R ChemPharm GmbH to bear its own costs and those incurred by the European Commission; |
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Orders H&R ChemPharm GmbH to refund the General Court the sum of EUR 10 000 under Article 90(a) of its Rules of Procedure. |