CELEX: 62006CJ0266
Appeal
Competition
Cartel
Market in methionine
Fine
Regulation No 17
Article 15(2)
Nulla poena sine lege
Distortion of the facts
Principle of proportionality
Principle of equal treatment

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 5 April 2006 in Case T-279/02
Degussa AG
v
Commission
, in which that Court dismissed in part the action seeking annulment of Commission Decision 2003/674/EC of 2 July 2002 relating
to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (OJ 2003 L 255, p. 1) – Cartel
concerning the market in methionine – Requirements of the principle of
nulla poena sine lege
in relation to the system of fines laid down by Article 15(2) of Regulation No 17.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the appeal;
2.
Orders Evonik Degussa GmbH to bear the costs;
3.
Orders the Council of the European Union to pay its own costs.