CELEX: 62005TA0175
Language: en
Date: 2009-09-30 00:00:00
Title: Case T-175/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 September 2009 — Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for monochloroacetic acid — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Market sharing and price fixing — Attributability of the infringement — Fines — Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based — Gravity and duration of the infringement — Deterrent effect)

21.11.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 282/36
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 September 2009 — Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission
   (Case T-175/05) (1)
   
   (Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for monochloroacetic acid - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Market sharing and price fixing - Attributability of the infringement - Fines - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Gravity and duration of the infringement - Deterrent effect)
   2009/C 282/67
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Akzo Nobel NV (Arnhem, Netherlands); Akzo Nobel Nederland BV (Arnhem); Akzo Nobel AB (Stockholm, Sweden); Akzo Nobel Chemicals BV (Amersfoort, Netherlands); Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals BV (Amersfoort); Akzo Nobel Base Chemicals AB (Skoghall, Sweden); and Eka Chemicals AB (Bohus, Sweden) (represented initially by C. Swaak and A. Käyhkö, and subsequently by C. Swaak and M. van der Woude, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented initially by P. Hellström and F. Amato, and subsequently by A. Bouquet and X. Lewis, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application, principally, for annulment of Commission Decision C(2004) 4876 final of 19 January 2005 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/E-1/37.773 — MCAA) and, in the alternative, reduction of the fine imposed on the applicants.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Akzo Nobel NV, Akzo Nobel Nederland BV, Akzo Nobel AB, Akzo Nobel Chemicals BV, Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals BV, Akzo Nobel Base Chemicals AB and Eka Chemicals AB to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 171, 9.7.2005.