CELEX: 62008TJ0083
Competition
Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
Market for chloroprene rubber
Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement
Price-fixing
Market-sharing
Proof of participation in the cartel
Proof of distancing from the cartel
Duration of the infringement
Rights of the defence
Access to the file
Guidelines on the method of setting fines
Non-retroactivity
Legitimate expectations
Principle of proportionality
Mitigating circumstances

APPLICATION for, principally, annulment of Commission Decision C(2007) 5910 final of 5 December 2007 relating to a proceeding
under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/38.629 — Chloroprene Rubber), in so far as it concerns
the applicants and, in the alternative, a reduction in the amount of the fine imposed jointly and severally on the applicants
by that decision.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha and Denka Chemicals GmbH to pay the costs.