7.1.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 6/16


Order of the General Court of 8 November 2011 — BASF Schweiz and BASF Lampertheim v Commission

(Case T-25/10) (1)

(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for tin stabilisers and ESBO/esters heat stabilisers - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement - Withdrawal of the decision - Disappearance of the subject-matter of the proceedings - No need to adjudicate)

2012/C 6/28

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicants: BASF Schweiz AG, formerly BASF Speciality Chemicals Holding GmbH (Basel, Switzerland), and BASF Lampertheim GmbH (Lampertheim, Germany) (represented by: F. Montag and T. Wilson, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Ronkes Agerbeek and R. Sauer, Agents, and W. Berg, lawyer)

Re:

Application for the annulment of Articles 1 and 2 of Commission Decision final of 11 November 2009 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/38.589 — Heat Stabilisers) in so far as those provisions concern the applicants and, in the alternative, an application for a reduction of the fines imposed on the applicants in Article 2 of that decision.

Operative part of the order

1.

There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the action.

2.

The European Commission shall bear its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 100, 17.4.2010.