CELEX: 62007CA0534
Language: en
Date: 2009-09-03 00:00:00
Title: Case C-534/07 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 3 September 2009 — William Prym GmbH & Co. KG, Prym Consumer GmbH & Co. KG v Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European haberdashery market (needles) — Market sharing agreements — Infringement of the rights of the defence — Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based — Fine — Guidelines — Gravity of the infringement — Actual impact on the market — Implementation of the cartel)

24.10.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 256/5
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 3 September 2009 — William Prym GmbH & Co. KG, Prym Consumer GmbH & Co. KG v Commission of the European Communities
   (Case C-534/07 P) (1)
   
   (Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - European haberdashery market (needles) - Market sharing agreements - Infringement of the rights of the defence - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Fine - Guidelines - Gravity of the infringement - Actual impact on the market - Implementation of the cartel)
   2009/C 256/08
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellants: William Prym GmbH & Co. KG, Prym Consumer GmbH & Co. KG (represented by: H.-J. Niemeyer, C. Herrmann and M. Röhrig, Rechtsanwälte)
   
      Other party to the proceedings: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and K. Mojzesowicz, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal brought against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 12 September 2007 in Case T-30/05 Prym and Prym Consumer v Commission, in which the Court fixed the amount of the fine imposed on the applicants by Article 2 of Commission Decision C(2004) 4221 final of 26 October 2004 relating to a procedure for the application of Article 81 EC (Case COMP/F-1/38.338-PO/Needles) at EUR 27 million — Agreement, decision or concerted practice in the market for haberdashery (needles)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders William Prym GmbH & Co. KG and Prym Consumer GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 37, 9.2.2008.