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Case T-11/05: Judgment of the General Court of 19 May 2010 — Wieland-Werke and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Copper plumbing tube industry — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Continuous and multiform infringement — Ne bis in idem principle — Fines — Actual impact on the market — Size of the relevant market — Duration of the infringement — Attenuating circumstances)
Case T-11/05: Judgment of the General Court of 19 May 2010 — Wieland-Werke and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Copper plumbing tube industry — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Continuous and multiform infringement — Ne bis in idem principle — Fines — Actual impact on the market — Size of the relevant market — Duration of the infringement — Attenuating circumstances)
Case T-11/05: Judgment of the General Court of 19 May 2010 — Wieland-Werke and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Copper plumbing tube industry — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Continuous and multiform infringement — Ne bis in idem principle — Fines — Actual impact on the market — Size of the relevant market — Duration of the infringement — Attenuating circumstances)
IO C 179, 3.7.2010, p. 29–29
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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3.7.2010 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 179/29 |
Judgment of the General Court of 19 May 2010 — Wieland-Werke and Others v Commission
(Case T-11/05) (1)
(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Copper plumbing tube industry - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Continuous and multiform infringement - Ne bis in idem principle - Fines - Actual impact on the market - Size of the relevant market - Duration of the infringement - Attenuating circumstances)
(2010/C 179/47)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicants: Wieland-Werke AG (Ulm, Germany); Buntmetall Amstetten GmbH (Amstetten, Austria); and Austria Buntmetall AG (Enzesfeld, Austria); (represented by: R. Bechtold and U. Soltész, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and É. Gippini Fournier, Agents, and by G. Eickstädt, lawyer)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: J. Huber and G. Kimberley, Agents)
Re:
Application, first, for annulment of Commission Decision C(2004) 2826 of 3 September 2004 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/E-1/38.069 — Copper plumbing tubes); second, in the alternative, for reduction of the fines imposed on the applicants by that decision; and third, by way of counterclaim by the Commission, for those fines to be increased.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Dismisses the European Commission’s counterclaim; |
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Orders Wieland-Werke AG, Buntmetall Amstetten GmbH and Austria Buntmetall AG to bear their own costs and to pay 90 % of the costs incurred by the Commission; |
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Orders the Commission to bear 10 % of its own costs; |
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Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs. |