Judgment of the Court of 20 March 2002 in Case T-15/99, Brugg Rohrsysteme GmbH v Commission of the European Communities (Competition — Cartel — District heating pipes — Article 85 of the EC Treaty (now Article 81 EC) — Boycott — fine — Guidelines on setting fines — Non-retroactivity — Legitimate expectation)
Date: 2002-06-29
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), heating, restriction on competition, restrictive trade practice, type of business

C 156/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

29.6.2002

4. Orders the Commission to bear 20 % of its own costs, including

those relating to the interlocutory proceedings.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(1) OJ C 86 of 27.3.1999.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 20 March 2002

of 20 March 2002

in Case T-16/99, Lögstör Rör (Deutschland) GmbH v
Commission of the European Communities (1)

(Competition — Cartel — District heating pipes —
Article 85 of the EC Treaty (now Article 81 EC) — Boycott
— Access to the file — Fine — Guidelines on the method of
setting fines — Non-retroactivity — Legitimate expec-
tations)

in Case T-15/99, Brugg Rohrsysteme GmbH v Com-
mission of the European Communities (1)

(2002/C 156/26)

(Competition — Cartel — District heating pipes —
Article 85 of the EC Treaty (now Article 81 EC) — Boycott
— fine — Guidelines on setting fines — Non-retroactivity
— Legitimate expectation)

(Language of the case: German)

(2002/C 156/25)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case T-15/99, Brugg Rohrsysteme GmbH, established in
Wunstorf (Germany), represented by T. Jestaedt, H.-C. Salger
and M. Sura, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxem-
bourg, against Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: W. Mölls and E´ . Gippini Fournier) — application for
annulment of Commission Decision 1999/60/EC of 21 Octo-
ber 1998 relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of the EC
Treaty (Case No IV/35.691/E-4: — Pre-Insulated Pipe Cartel)
(OJ 1999 L 24, p. 1) or, in the alternative, for reduction of the
fine imposed on the applicant by that decision — the Court of
First Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of P. Mengozzi,
President, V. Tiili and R.M. Moura Ramos, Judges; G. Herzig,
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
20 March 2002, in which it:

1. Dismisses the application;

2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 86 of 27.3.1999.

In Case T-16/99, Lögstör Rör (Deutschland) GmbH, established
in Fulda (Germany), represented by H.-J. Hellmann and T. Näg-
ele, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg, against
Commission of the European Communities (Agents: W. Mölls
and E. Gippini Fournier) — application for, primarily, annul-
ment of Commission Decision 1999/60/EC of 21 October
1998 relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of the EC
Treaty (Case No IV/35.691/E-4: — Pre-Insulated Pipe Cartel)
(OJ 1999 L 24, p. 1) or, in the alternative, reduction of the fine
imposed on the applicant by that decision — the Court of
First Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of P. Mengozzi,
President, V. Tiili, and R.M. Moura Ramos, Judges; B. Pastor,
Principle Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment
on 20 March 2002, in which it:

1. Dismisses the application;

2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 86 of 27.3.1999.