62005TJ0011_EN
Subject of the case
Operative part
Subject of the case
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
Operative part
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Dismisses the European Commission’s counterclaim;
3. 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;
4. Orders the Commission to bear 10% of its own costs;
5. Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs.