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Document 62005TA0101
Joined Cases T-101/05 and T-111/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 December 2007 — BASF and UCB v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices in the vitamin products sector — Choline chloride (vitamin B4) — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area — Fines — Deterrence — Repeat infringement — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Single and continuous infringement)
Joined Cases T-101/05 and T-111/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 December 2007 — BASF and UCB v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices in the vitamin products sector — Choline chloride (vitamin B4) — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area — Fines — Deterrence — Repeat infringement — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Single and continuous infringement)
Joined Cases T-101/05 and T-111/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 December 2007 — BASF and UCB v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices in the vitamin products sector — Choline chloride (vitamin B4) — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area — Fines — Deterrence — Repeat infringement — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Single and continuous infringement)
IO C 22, 26.1.2008, p. 41–41
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
- Date of document:
- 12/12/2007
- Date lodged:
- 01/03/2005
- Author:
- Cúirt Chéadchéime
- Form:
- Faisnéis bhreithiúnach
- Authentic language:
- Béarla, Fraincis
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26.1.2008 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 22/41 |
Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 December 2007 — BASF and UCB v Commission
(Joined Cases T-101/05 and T-111/05) (1)
(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices in the vitamin products sector - Choline chloride (vitamin B4) - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area - Fines - Deterrence - Repeat infringement - Cooperation during the administrative procedure - Single and continuous infringement)
(2008/C 22/75)
Languages of the case: English and French
Parties
Applicants: BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, Germany) (represented by: N. Levy, Barrister, J. Temple Lang, Solicitor, and C. Feddersen, Lawyer) and UCB SA (Brussels, Belguim) (represented by J. Bourgeois, J.-F. Bellis and M. Favart, Lawyers)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: in Case T-101/05 A. Whelan and F. Amato and in Case T-111/05 initially O. Beynet and F. Amato, and subsequently X. Lewis and F. Amato, Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment or reduction of the fines imposed on the applicants by the Commission Decision of 9 December 2004 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/E-2/37.533 — Choline chloride) (summary published in OJ 2005 L 190, p. 22).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Disjoins Case T-112/05 Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission from Cases T-101/05 and T-111/05 for the purposes of the judgment; |
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Annuls Article 1(b) and (f) of Commission Decision 2005/566/EC of 9 December 2004 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/E-2/37.533 — Choline Chloride) in so far as it makes a finding of infringement against BASF AG and UCB SA during the period before 29 November 1994 in BASF's case and before 14 March 1994 in UCB's case; |
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In Case T-101/05, sets the fine imposed on BASF at EUR 35,024 million; |
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In Case T-111/05, sets the fine imposed on UCB at EUR 1,870 million; |
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Dismisses the remainder of the applications; |
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In Case T-101/05, orders the parties to bear their own costs; |
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In Case T-111/05, orders the Commission, in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay 90 % of the costs incurred by UCB. |
