CELEX: 62010TA0027
Language: en
Date: 2014-02-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-27/10: Judgment of the General Court of 6 February 2014 — AC-Treuhand v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European markets in tin heat stabilisers and ESBO/esters heat stabilisers — Decision finding two infringements of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Consultancy firm not operating in the markets at issue — Fines — Application for annulment — Meaning of ‘undertaking’ — Principle of the legality of offences and penalties — Duration of the infringement — Limitation — Duration of the administrative procedure — Reasonable period — Rights of the defence — Late notification of the investigation — Maximum of 10 % of turnover — Punishment of two infringements in one decision — Concept of a single infringement — Application for variation — Amount of the fines — Duration of the infringements — Duration of the administrative procedure — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Value of sales — Symbolic fine — Unlimited jurisdiction)

15.3.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 78/6
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 6 February 2014 — AC-Treuhand v Commission
   (Case T-27/10) (1)
   
   (Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - European markets in tin heat stabilisers and ESBO/esters heat stabilisers - Decision finding two infringements of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement - Consultancy firm not operating in the markets at issue - Fines - Application for annulment - Meaning of ‘undertaking’ - Principle of the legality of offences and penalties - Duration of the infringement - Limitation - Duration of the administrative procedure - Reasonable period - Rights of the defence - Late notification of the investigation - Maximum of 10 % of turnover - Punishment of two infringements in one decision - Concept of a single infringement - Application for variation - Amount of the fines - Duration of the infringements - Duration of the administrative procedure - 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines - Value of sales - Symbolic fine - Unlimited jurisdiction)
   2014/C 78/12
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: AC-Treuhand AG (Zurich, Switzerland) (represented by: C. Steinle and I. Bodenstein, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Ronkes Agerbeek and R. Sauer, Agents, and by A. Böhlke, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Application 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/38.589 — Heat Stabilisers), or, in the alternative, for a reduction of the fines imposed.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders AC-Treuhand AG to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 100, 17.4.2010.