# C_2015302EN.01003201.xml

| 14.9.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 302/32 |
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14.9.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 302/32

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Judgment of the General Court of 15 July 2015 — SLM and Ori Martin v Commission

(Cases T-389/10 and T-419/10) (1)

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((Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - European prestressing steel market - Price fixing, market sharing and exchanging of sensitive commercial information - Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU - Single, complex and continuous infringement - Limitation period - 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines - Imputation of liablitiy for the infringment to the parent company - Proportionnality - Principle that penalties must fit the offence - Unlimited jurisdiction))

(2015/C 302/41)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Parties

Applicants: Siderurgica Latina Martin SpA (SLM) (Ceprano, Italy) (represented by: G. Belotti and F. Covone, lawyers) (Case T-389/10); and Ori Martin SA (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: P. Ziotti, lawyer) (Case T-419/10)

Applicants:

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by B. Gencarelli, V. Bottka and P. Rossi, and subsequently by V. Bottka, P. Rossi and G. Conte, Agents)

Defendant:

Re:

Re:

Application for annulment and alteration of Commission Decision C(2010) 4387 final of 30 June 2010 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (case COMP/38344 — Prestressing Steel), amended by Commission Decision C(2010) 6676 final of 30 September 2010, and by Commission Decision C(2011) 2269 final of 4 April 2011.

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Joins Cases T-389/10 and T-419/10 for the purposes of the judgment; |
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Joins Cases T-389/10 and T-419/10 for the purposes of the judgment;

| 2. | Annuls Article 1(16) of Commission Decision C(2010) 4387 final of 30 June 2010 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (case COMP/38344 — Prestressing Steel), amended by Commission Decision C(2010) 6676 final of 30 September 2010, and by Commission Decision C(2011) 2269 final of 4 April 2011, in so far as it finds that Siderurgica Latina Martin SpA (SLM) participated in a series of agreements and commercial practices in the prestressing steel sector in the internal market and within the European Economic Area (EEA) from 10 February 1997 to 14 April 1997; |
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Annuls Article 1(16) of Commission Decision C(2010) 4387 final of 30 June 2010 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (case COMP/38344 — Prestressing Steel), amended by Commission Decision C(2010) 6676 final of 30 September 2010, and by Commission Decision C(2011) 2269 final of 4 April 2011, in so far as it finds that Siderurgica Latina Martin SpA (SLM) participated in a series of agreements and commercial practices in the prestressing steel sector in the internal market and within the European Economic Area (EEA) from 10 February 1997 to 14 April 1997;

| 3. | Annuls Article 2(16) of Decision C(2010) 4387 final, as amended by Decision C(2010) 6676 final and by Decision C(2011) 2269 final; |
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Annuls Article 2(16) of Decision C(2010) 4387 final, as amended by Decision C(2010) 6676 final and by Decision C(2011) 2269 final;

| 4. | Reduces the fine imposed on SLM from EUR 19,8 million to EUR 19 million, of which the amount of EUR 13,3 million is imposed on a joint and several basis with Ori Martin SA; on account of the legal maximum of 10 % of total turnover provided for in Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003, the final amount of the fine to be imposed on SLM is set at EUR 1,956 million; |
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Reduces the fine imposed on SLM from EUR 19,8 million to EUR 19 million, of which the amount of EUR 13,3 million is imposed on a joint and several basis with Ori Martin SA; on account of the legal maximum of 10 % of total turnover provided for in Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003, the final amount of the fine to be imposed on SLM is set at EUR 1,956 million;

| 5. | Dismisses the actions at to the remainder; |
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Dismisses the actions at to the remainder;

| 6. | Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay two thirds of the costs of SLM and one third of the costs of Ori Martin; |
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Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay two thirds of the costs of SLM and one third of the costs of Ori Martin;

| 7. | Orders SLM to bear one third of its own costs; |
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Orders SLM to bear one third of its own costs;

| 8. | Orders Ori Martin to bear two thirds of its own costs. |
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Orders Ori Martin to bear two thirds of its own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 301, 6.11.2010.

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