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9.2.2015 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 46/38 |
Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014 — Hansen & Rosenthal and H & R Wax Company Vertrieb v Commission
(Case T-544/08) (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 - Rights of the defence - Calculation of the value of sales - Gravity of the infringement - No retroactivity - Equal treatment - Proportionality))
(2015/C 046/44)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicants: Hansen & Rosenthal KG (Hamburg, Germany); and H & R Wax Company Vertrieb GmbH (Hamburg) (represented by: J. Schulte, A. Lober and M. Dallmann, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Antoniadis and R. Sauer, Agents)
Re:
Primarily, 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 applicants, and, in the alternative, an application for a reduction of the amount of the fine imposed on them.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Hansen & Rosenthal KG and H & R Wax Company Vertrieb GmbH to bear their own costs and those incurred by the European Commission. |