CELEX: C1999/160/31
Language: en
Date: 1999-06-05 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 March 1999 in Case T-151/94: British Steel plc v. Commission of the European Communities (ECSC Treaty - Competition - Agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and concerted practices - Price-fixing - Market sharing - Systems for the exchange of information)

C 160/16                 EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                           5.6.1999
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                          of 11 March 1999                                                            of 11 March 1999
in Case T-151/94: British Steel plc v. Commission of the                    in Case T-156/94: Siderúrgica Aristrain Madrid, SL v.
                     European Communities (1)                                       Commission of the European Communities (1)
(ECSC Treaty — Competition — Agreements between                             (ECSC Treaty — Competition — Agreements between
undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and                 undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and
concerted practices — Price-fixing — Market sharing —                       concerted practices — Price-fixing — Market sharing —
            Systems for the exchange of information)                                    Systems for the exchange of information)
                           (1999/C 160/31)                                                             (1999/C 160/32)
                     (Language of the case: English)                                            (Language of the case: Spanish)
In case T-151/94: British Steel plc, having its registered office           In case T-156/94: Siderúrgica Aristrain Madrid, SL, having its
in London, represented by Philip G. H. Collins and John                     registered office in Madrid, represented by Antonio Creus and,
E. Pheasant, Solicitors, with an address for service in Luxem-              initially, by Xavier Ruiz Calzado, and, subsequently, by Natalia
bourg at the Chambers of M. Loesch, 11, rue Goethe, v.                      Lacalle, of the Barcelona Bar, with an address for service in
Commission of the European Communities (Agents: initially                   Brussels at the Cuatrecasas Chambers, 78, avenue d’Auder-
Julian Currall, Norbert Lorenz and Géraud Sajust de Bergues,                ghem, v. Commission of the European Communities (Agents:
and subsequently Jean-Louis Dewost, Julian Currall and Guy                  initially Julian Currall, Francisco Enrique González-Diaz and
Charrier, assisted by James Flynn) — application, principally,              Géraud Sajust de Bergues, and subsequently Jean-Louis Dewost,
for the annulment of Commission Decision 94/215/ECSC of                     Julian Currall and Guy Charrier, assisted by Ricardo Garcı́a
16 February 1994 relating to a proceeding pursuant to article               Vicente) — application for the annulment of Commission
65 of the ECSC Treaty concerning agreements and concerted                   Decision 94/215/ECSC of 16 February 1994 relating to a
practices engaged in by European producers of beams (OJ                     proceeding pursuant to article 65 of the ECSC Treaty concern-
L 116, 6.5.1994, p. 1) — the Court of First Instance                        ing agreements and concerted practices engaged in by Euro-
(Second Chamber, Extended Composition), composed of:                        pean producers of beams (OJ L 116, 6.5.1994, p. 1) — the
C. W. Bellamy, acting as President, A. Potocki and J. Pirrung,              Court of First Instance (Second Chamber, Extended Compo-
Judges; J. Palacio González, Administrator, for the Registrar,             sition), composed of: C. W. Bellamy, acting as President,
has given a judgment on 11 March 1999, in which it:                         A. Potocki and J. Pirrung, Judges; J. Palacio González, Adminis-
                                                                            trator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 11 March
                                                                            1999, in which it:
1. annuls article 1 of Commission Decision 94/215/ECSC of
     16 February 1994 relating to a proceeding pursuant to article
     65 of the ECSC Treaty concerning agreements and concerted              1. fixes at 7 100 000 the amount of the fine imposed on the
     practices engaged in by European producers of beams in so far as            applicant by article 4 of Commission Decision 94/215/ECSC of
     it finds that the applicant participated in an agreement to share           16 February 1994 relating to a proceeding pursuant to article
     the Italian market which lasted three months,                               65 of the ECSC Treaty concerning agreements and concerted
                                                                                 practices engaged in by European producers of beams,
2. sets the amount of the fine imposed on the applicant by article 4
     of Decision 94/215/ECSC at EUR 20 000 000,                             2. dismisses the remainder of the action,
3. dismisses the remainder of the action,                                   3. orders the applicant to bear its own costs and to pay three
                                                                                 quarters of the defendant’s costs, including those incurred in the
                                                                                 interim proceedings. The defendant shall bear one quarter of its
4. orders the applicant to bear its own costsand to pay half of the              own costs.
     defendant’s costs. The defendant shall bear half of its own costs.
(1) OJ C 146, 28.5.1994.                                                    (1) OJ C 146, 28.5.1994.