CELEX: 62010TA0189
Language: en
Date: 2015-07-15 00:00:00
Title: Case T-189/10: Judgment of the General Court of 15 July 2015 — GEA Group v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European markets in heat stabilisers — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Infringement committed by subsidiaries — Fines — Joint and several liability of the subsidiaries and the parent company — Exceeding the 10 % ceiling for one of the subsidiaries — Decision readopted — Reduction of the fine for that subsidiary — Attribution to the other subsidiary and the parent company of the obligation to pay the reduced fine — Rights of the defence — Right to be heard — Right of access to the file)

14.9.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 302/31
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 15 July 2015 — GEA Group v Commission
   (Case T-189/10) (1)
   
   ((Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - European markets in heat stabilisers - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement - Infringement committed by subsidiaries - Fines - Joint and several liability of the subsidiaries and the parent company - Exceeding the 10 % ceiling for one of the subsidiaries - Decision readopted - Reduction of the fine for that subsidiary - Attribution to the other subsidiary and the parent company of the obligation to pay the reduced fine - Rights of the defence - Right to be heard - Right of access to the file))
   (2015/C 302/40)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: GEA Group AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: A. Kallmayer, I. du Mont and G. Schiffers, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Sauer and F. Ronkes Agerbeek, acting as Agents, and W. Berg, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2010) 727 of 8 February 2010, amending 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, a reduction of the amount of the fines imposed on the applicant.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls Commission Decision C(2010) 727 of 8 February 2010, amending 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), in so far as it concerns GEA Group AG;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 179, 3.7.2010.