Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 July 2008 — Knauf Gips v Commission

(Case T-52/03) (1)

(Competition - Cartels - Plasterboard market - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Access to the file - Single and continuous infringement - Liability - Fine - Guidelines on the method of setting fines - Cooperation during the administrative procedure)

(2008/C 209/68)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Knauf Gips KG, formerly Gebrüder Knauf Westdeutsche Gipswerke KG (Iphofen, Germany) (represented initially by M. Klusmann and F. Wiemer, and subsequently by M. Klusmann, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented initially by F. Castillo de la Torre and S. Rating, and subsequently by F. Castillo de la Torre and R. Sauer, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2005/471/EC of 27 November 2002 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] against BPB plc, Gebrüder Knauf Westdeutsche Gipswerke KG, Société Lafarge SA and Gyproc Benelux NV (Case No COMP/E-1/37.152 — Plasterboard) (OJ 2005 L 166, p. 8), or, in the alternative, reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 124, 24.5.2003.