CELEX: 62010TA0375
Language: en
Date: 2013-09-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-375/10: Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 — Hansa Metallwerke and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted parties — Bathroom fittings and fixtures markets in Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Coordination of price increases and exchange of sensitive business information — Cooperation during the administration procedure — 2002 Leniency Notice — Reduction of the fine — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Non-retroactivity)

9.11.2013   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 325/25
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 — Hansa Metallwerke and Others v Commission
   (Case T-375/10) (1)
   
   (Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted parties - Bathroom fittings and fixtures markets in Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria - Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement - Coordination of price increases and exchange of sensitive business information - Cooperation during the administration procedure - 2002 Leniency Notice - Reduction of the fine - 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines - Non-retroactivity)
   2013/C 325/41
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Hansa Metallwerke and Others (Stuttgart, Germany); (Hansa Nederland BV (Nijkerk, Netherlands); Hansa Italiana Srl (Castelnuovo del Garda, Italy); Hansa Belgium (Asse, Belgium); and Hansa Austria GmbH (Salzbourg, Austria) (represented by: H.-J. Hellmann and C. Mal, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Antoniadis and R. Sauer, Agents)
   
      Intervener before the Court on behalf of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Simm and F. Florindo Gijón, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment in part of Commission Decision C(2010) 4185 final of 23 June 2010 relating to a proceedings under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/39.092 — Bathroom Fittings and Fixtures), and, in the alternative, for reduction of the fine imposed on the applicants in that decision.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Hansa Metallwerke AG, Hansa Nederland BV, Hansa Italiana Srl, Hansa Belgium and Hansa Austria GmbH to bear their own costs and to pay those of the European Commission;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 301, 6.11.2010.