CELEX: C2002/144/77
Language: en
Date: 2002-06-15 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance 20 March 2002 in Case T-23/99: LR AF 1998 A/S v Commission of the European Communities (Competition — Cartel — District heating pipes — Article 85 of the EC Treaty (now Article 81 EC) — Continuous infringement — Boycott — Access to the file — Fine — Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Non-retroactivity — Legitimate expectations)

C 144/36               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                      15.6.2002
2.    Orders the defendant to bear its own costs and to pay those of      2.    Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
      the applicant;
3.    Orders the French Republic to bear its own costs.                   (1) OJ C 86 of 27.3.1999.
(1) OJ C 378 of 5.12.1998.
                                                                              JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                                                                                                    20 March 2002
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                               in Case T-23/99: LR AF 1998 A/S v Commission of the
                                                                                             European Communities (1)
                          20 March 2002                                   (Competition — Cartel — District heating pipes —
                                                                          Article 85 of the EC Treaty (now Article 81 EC) —
                                                                          Continuous infringement — Boycott — Access to the file —
in Case T-17/99: KE KELIT Kunststoffwerk GmbH v                           Fine — Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Non-
       Commission of the European Communities (1)                                     retroactivity — Legitimate expectations)
                                                                                                   (2002/C 144/77)
(Competition — Cartel — District heating pipes —
Article 85 of the EC Treaty (now Article 81 EC) — Fine —
Equal treatment — Guidelines on the method of setting fines                                  (Language of the case: English)
                      — Non-retroactivity)
                         (2002/C 144/76)                                  In Case T-23/99, LR af 1998 A/S (formerly Løgstør Rør A/S),
                                                                          established in Løgstør (Denmark), represented by D. Wael-
                                                                          broeck and H. Peytz, lawyers, with an address for service in
                   (Language of the case: German)                         Luxembourg, v Commission of the European Communities
                                                                          (Agents: P. Olivier and E. Gippini Fournier): Application for,
                                                                          primarily, annulment of Commission Decision 1999/60/EC of
                                                                          21 October 1998 relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of
                                                                          the EC Treaty (Case No IV/35.691/E-4: — Pre-Insulated Pipe
                                                                          Cartel) (OJ 1999 L 24, p. 1) or, in the alternative, reduction of
In Case T-17/99, KE KELIT Kunststoffwerk GmbH, established                the fine imposed on the applicant by that decision, the Court
in Linz (Austria), represented by G. Grassner and W. Löbl,                of First Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of: P. Mengozzi,
lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg, v Com-                President, V. Tiili and R. M. Moura Ramos, Judges; G. Herzig,
mission of the European Communities (Agents: W. Mölls and                 Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
E. Gippini Fournier): Application for, primarily, annulment of            20 March 2002, in which it has ruled:
Commission Decision 1999/60/EC of 21 October 1998
relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of the EC Treaty
(Case No IV/35.691/E-4: — Pre-Insulated Pipe Cartel) (OJ                  1.    Dismisses the application;
1999 L 24, p. 1) or, in the alternative, reduction of the fine
imposed on the applicant by that decision, the Court of
First Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of: P. Mengozzi,                2.    Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
President, V. Tiili and R. M. Moura Ramos, Judges; G. Herzig,
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
20 March 2002, in which it:                                               (1) OJ C 86 of 27.3.1999.
1.    Dismisses the application;