Case C-301/04 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 29 June 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v SGL Carbon AG, Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd, Nippon Carbon Co. Ltd, Showa Denko KK, GrafTech International Ltd, formerly UCAR International Inc., SEC Corp., The Carbide/Graphite Group Inc. (Appeals — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Graphite electrodes — Article 81(1) EC — Fines — Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Leniency Notice — Production of documents in a Commission investigation)
Date: 2006-09-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Germany, appeal, carbon, exchange of information, fine, restriction on competition, restrictive trade practice

C 224/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.9.2006

Secondly, it follows from the principle of effectiveness and the right
of individuals to seek compensation for loss caused by a contract
or by conduct liable to restrict or distort competition that injured
persons must be able to seek compensation not only for actual loss
(damnum emergens) but also for loss of profit (lucrum cessans)
plus interest.

(1) OJ C 251, 9.10.2004.

a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53
of the EEA Agreement — Case COMP/E-1/36.490 — Graphite
electrodes (OJ 2002 L 100, p. 1)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Sets aside the first indent of paragraph 2 of the operative part of
the judgment of
the European
Communities of 29 April 2004 in Joined Cases T-236/01, T-
239/01, T-244/01 to T-246/01, T-251/01 and T-252/01
Tokai Carbon and Others v Commission;

the Court of First

Instance of

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 29 June 2006
— Commission of the European Communities v SGL
Carbon AG, Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd, Nippon Carbon Co.
Ltd, Showa Denko KK, GrafTech International Ltd,
Inc., SEC Corp., The
formerly UCAR International

Carbide/Graphite Group Inc.

2. Sets at EUR 75.7 million the amount of the fine imposed on
SGL Carbon AG by Article 3 of Commission Decision
2002/271/EC of 18 July 2001 relating to a proceeding under
Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement
— Case COMP/E-1/36.490 — Graphite electrodes;

3. Orders SGL Carbon AG to pay the costs.

(Case C-301/04 P) (1)

(Appeals — Competition — Agreements, decisions and
concerted practices — Graphite electrodes — Article 81(1)
EC — Fines — Guidelines on the method of setting fines —
Leniency Notice — Production of documents in a Commission
investigation)

(1) OJ C 262, 23.10.2004.

(2006/C 224/06)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Appellant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: W. Mölls, W. Wils and H. Gading, Agents)

Other parties to the proceedings: SGL Carbon AG (represented by:
M. Klusmann, Rechtsanwalt), Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd, established
in Tokyo (Japan), Nippon Carbon Co. Ltd, established in Tokyo,
Showa Denko KK, established in Tokyo, GrafTech International
Ltd,
in
Wilmington (United States), SEC Corp., established in Amaga-
saki (Japan), The Carbide/Graphite Group Inc.

formerly UCAR International

established

Inc.,

Re:

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 11 July 2006
(reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungs-
gericht Frankfurt am Main, Germany) — Franz Egenberger
GmbH Molkerei und Trockenwerk v Bundesanstalt für
Landwirtschaft und Ernährung

(Case C-313/04) (1)

(Milk and milk products — Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001
— New Zealand butter — Import licence procedures —
Inward Monitoring Arrangement (IMA 1) certificate)

(2006/C 224/07)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main

Parties to the main proceedings

Appeal brought against the judgment of 29 April 2004 of the
Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) in Joined Cases T-
236/01, T-239/01, T-244/01 to T-246/01, T-251/01 and T-
252/01 Tokai Carbon and Others v Commission in so far as the
Court of First Instance reduced the amount of the fine which
had been imposed on SGL Carbon (Case T-239/01) by
Commission Decision 2002/271/EC of 18 July 2001 relating to

Applicant: Franz Egenberger GmbH Molkerei und Trockenwerk

Defendant: Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung

Intervening party: Fonterra (Logistics) Ltd