CELEX: 62004TA0127
Language: en
Date: 2009-05-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-127/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 May 2009 — KME Germany and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for copper industrial tubes — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Fines — Actual impact on the market — Size of the market concerned — Duration of the infringement — Attenuating circumstances — Cooperation)

4.7.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 153/33
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 May 2009 — KME Germany and Others v Commission
   (Case T-127/04) (1)
   
   (Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for copper industrial tubes - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Price-fixing and market-sharing - Fines - Actual impact on the market - Size of the market concerned - Duration of the infringement - Attenuating circumstances - Cooperation)
   2009/C 153/62
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: KME Germany AG, formerly KM Europa Metal AG (Osnabruck, Germany); KME France SAS, formerly Tréfimétaux SA (Courbevoie, France); and KME Italy SpA, formerly Europa Metalli SpA (Florence, Italy) (represented by: M. Siragusa, A. Winckler, G.C. Rizza, T. Graf and M. Piergiovanni, Lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: É. Gippini Fournier, Agent, assisted by C. Thomas, Solicitor)
   
      Re:
   
   
               (1)
            
            
               Application for annulment or reduction of the fines imposed on the applicants by Article 2(c)(d) and (e) of Commission Decision C(2004) 4820 final of 16 December 2003 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/E-1/38.240 Industrial tubes); and (2) Counterclaim by the Commission that the amount of those fines be increased
            
         
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders KME Germany AG, KME France SAS and KME Italy SpA to pay the costs
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 146, 29.5.2004.