CELEX: 62003TA0053
Language: en
Date: 2008-07-08 00:00:00
Title: Case T-53/03: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 8 July 2008 — BPB v Commission (Competition — Cartels — Plasterboard market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Single and continuous infringement — Repeated infringement — Fine — Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Leniency Notice)

15.8.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 209/41
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 8 July 2008 — BPB v Commission
   (Case T-53/03) (1)
   
   (Competition - Cartels - Plasterboard market - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Single and continuous infringement - Repeated infringement - Fine - Guidelines on the method of setting fines - Leniency Notice)
   (2008/C 209/69)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: BPB plc (Slough, United Kingdom) (represented by: T. Sharpe QC, and A. Nourry, Solicitor)
   
      Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, Agent, J. Flynn QC, and C. Kilroy, Barrister)
   Re:
   Application for annulment in part of Commission Decision 2005/471/EC of 27 November 2002 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] against BPB plc, Gebrüder Knauf Westdeutsche Gipswerke KG, Société Lafarge SA and Gyproc Benelux NV (Case No COMP/E-1/37.152 — Plasterboard) (OJ 2005 L 166, p. 8), or, in the alternative, annulment or reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant.
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Sets the amount of the fine imposed on BPB plc by Article 3 of Commission Decision 2005/471/EC of 27 November 2002 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] against BPB plc, Gebrüder Knauf Westdeutsche Gipswerke KG, Société Lafarge SA and Gyproc Benelux NV (Case No COMP/E-1/37.152 — Plasterboard) at EUR 118,8 million;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Commission to pay one tenth of its own costs and one tenth of the costs incurred by BPB;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders BPB to pay nine tenths of its own costs and nine tenths of the costs incurred by the Commission.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 101, 26.4.2003.