CELEX: 62010TA0030
Language: en
Date: 2014-05-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-30/10: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2014  — Reagens v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European market for tin heat stabilisers — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Price fixing, market allocation and exchange of commercially sensitive information — Duration of the infringement — Fines — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Basic amount — Mitigating circumstances — Ability to pay — Equal treatment — Proportionality — Unlimited jurisdiction — Appropriateness of the amount of the fine)

30.6.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 202/17
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2014 — Reagens v Commission
   (Case T-30/10) (1)
   
   ((Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - European market for tin heat stabilisers - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement - Price fixing, market allocation and exchange of commercially sensitive information - Duration of the infringement - Fines - 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines - Basic amount - Mitigating circumstances - Ability to pay - Equal treatment - Proportionality - Unlimited jurisdiction - Appropriateness of the amount of the fine))
   2014/C 202/21
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Reagens SpA (San Giorgio di Piano, Italy) (represented by: B. O’Connor, Solicitor, L. Toffoletti, E. De Giorgi and D. Gullo, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Bourke, F. Ronkes Agerbeek and P. Van Nuffel, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Action for annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 8682 final of 11 November 2009 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/38589 — Heat Stabilisers), or, in the alternative, a reduction in the amount of the fine imposed on the applicant.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The General Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Reagens SpA to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 80, 27.3.2010.