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Case T-77/08: Judgment of the General Court of 2 February 2012 — Dow Chemical v Commission (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 — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Joint venture — Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Mitigating circumstances — Cooperation)
Date: 2012-02-02
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: competition, fine, fixing of prices, joint venture, market-sharing agreement, mitigating circumstances, restriction on competition, synthetic rubber








C_2012080EN.01001502.xml










17.3.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 80/15





Judgment of the General Court of 2 February 2012 — Dow Chemical v Commission
(Case T-77/08) (1)

(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 - Imputability of the unlawful conduct - Joint venture - Guidelines on the method of setting fines - Mitigating circumstances - Cooperation)
2012/C 80/22
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Michigan, United States) (represented by: D. Schroeder and T. Graf, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented: initially by X. Lewis and V. Bottka, subsequently by V. Bottka and V. Di Bucci, and lastly by V. Bottka, P. Van Nuffel and L. Malferrari, Agents)

Re:

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), as amended by Commission Decision C(2008) 2974 final of 23 June 2008, in so far as it concerns the applicant and, in the alternative, a reduction in the amount of the fine imposed on the applicant by that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders The Dow Chemical Company to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 116, 9.5.2008.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6444 — Terrena/Lyonnaise Des Eaux/JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-02-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural cooperative, agricultural holding, agricultural production, economic concentration, merger control, water treatment








C_2012029EN.01000801.xml










2.2.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 29/8





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6444 — Terrena/Lyonnaise Des Eaux/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 29/05
On 27 January 2012, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in French and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






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in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32012M6444. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU — Cases where the Commission raises no objections  Text with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I to the Treaty
Date: 2012-02-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bavaria, Germany, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, environmental protection, farming sector, fishing industry, silviculture








C_2012029EN.01000201.xml










2.2.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 29/2





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I to the Treaty)
2012/C 29/02







Date of adoption of the decision


20.12.2011




Reference number of State Aid


SA.33516 (11/N)




Member State


Germany




Region


Bayern


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Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Ausgleichszahlungen für durch Biber verursachte Schäden




Legal basis


Richtlinien zum Bibermanagement




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Environmental protection




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget








 


Overall budget: EUR 0,70 million










 


Annual budget: EUR 0,35 million








Intensity


80 %




Duration (period)


1.1.2011-31.12.2012




Economic sectors


Agriculture, forestry and fishing




Name and address of the granting authority







Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Gesundheit




Rosenkavalierplatz 2




81925 München




DEUTSCHLAND








Other information


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The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/state_aids_texts_en.htm