4.2.2012 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 32/4 |
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 8 December 2011 — KME Germany AG, formerly KM Europa Metal AG, KME France SAS, formerly Tréfimétaux SA, KME Italy SpA, formerly Europa Metalli SpA v European Commission
(Case C-272/09 P) (1)
(Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for copper industrial tubes - Fines - Size of the market, duration of the infringement and cooperation capable of being taken into consideration - Effective judicial remedy)
2012/C 32/06
Language of the case: English
Parties
Appellants: KME Germany AG, formerly KM Europa Metal AG, KME France SAS, formerly Tréfimétaux SA, KME Italy SpA, formerly Europa Metalli SpA (represented by: M. Siragusa, avvocato, A. Winckler, avocat, G. Rizza, avvocato, T. Graf, advokat, M. Piergiovanni, avvocato)
Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: E. Gippini Fournier and J. Bourke, acting as Agents, C. Thomas, Solicitor)
Re:
Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 6 May 2009 in Case T-127/04 KME Germany and Others v Commission, in which the Court dismissed an action seeking reduction of the fine imposed on the applicants by Commission Decision 2004/421/EC of 16 December 2003, relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/E-1/38.240 — Industrial tubes) (OJ 2004 L 125, p. 50) — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Actual impact on the market — Guidelines for calculating the amount of fines
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. |
Dismisses the appeal; |
2. |
Orders KME Germany AG, KME France SAS and KME Italy SpA to pay the costs. |