CELEX: C1995/137/39
Language: en
Date: 1995-06-03 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE of 6 April 1995 in Joined Cases T-80/89, T-81/89, T-83/89, T-87/89, T-88/89, T-90/89, T-93/89, T-95/89, T-97/89, T-99/89, T-100/89, T-101/89, T-103/89, T-105/89, T-107/89 and T-112/89: BASF AG and Others v. Commission of the European Communities (Competition - Procedure - Competence - Commission's rules of procedure)

No C 137/ 16          EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                    3 . 6 . 95
      Removal from the register of Case C-l 00/94 ( )                      Removal from the register of Case C-176/94 f 1 )
                          ( 95/C 137/37 )                                                      ( 95/C 137/38 )
By order of 9 March 19 95 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities ordered the removal              By order of 1 March 1995 the President of the Court of
from the register of Case C-l 00/94 : Commission of the              Justice of the European Communities ordered the removal
European Communities v. Hellenic Republic .                          from the register of Case C-176/94 : Commission of the
                                                                     European Communities v. Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
(») OJ No C 132 , 14 . 5 . 1994 .
                                                                     (') OJ No C 218 , 6 . 8 . 1994 .
                                                    COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                             the Paris Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at
                        of 6 April 1995                              the Chambers of Elvinger and Hoss , 15 Cote d'Eich,
                                                                     T-93/89 , Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap AS ( Statoil ), whose
in Joined Cases T-80/89, T-81 /89, T-83/89, T-87/89,                 registered office is in Stavanger (Norway ), represented by
T-88/ 89 , T-90/89 , T-93 /89 , T-95 / 89 , T-97/89 , T-99/89,       Graham Child , Solicitor, with an address for service in
T-100/89, T-101 /89, T-103/89, T-105/89, T-107/89 and
T-l 12/ 89 : BASF AG and Others v. Commission of the
                                                                     Luxembourg at the Chambers of Elvinger and Hoss, 15
                                                                     Cote d'Eich, T-95/89 , Enichem SpA, whose registered office
                 European Communities (')                            is in Milan ( Italy ), represented by Mario Siragusa, of the
(Competition — Procedure — Competence                       —        Rome Bar, Giuseppe Scassellati Sforzolini, of the Bologna
              Commission 's rules of procedure)                      Bar, and Gianfranco Arcidiacono, of the Milan Bar, with an
                          ( 95/C 137/39 )                            address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of
                                                                     Arendt and Medernach, 8—10 Rue Mathias Hardt,
                                                                     T-97/89 , Hoechst AG , whose registered office is in
(Languages of the case: German, English, Spanish , French,           Frankfurt-am-Main ( Germany), represented by Hans
                      Italian and Dutch)
                                                                     Hellmann and Hans-Joachim Voges, Rechtsanwalte,
                                                                     Cologne , with an address for service in Luxembourg at the
In Joined Cases T-80/89 , BASF AG, whose registered office           Chambers of Loesch & Wolter, 11 Rue Goethe, T-99/89 ,
is in Ludwigshafen ( Germany ), represented by Ferdinand             Imperial Chemical Industries pic ( ICI ), whose registered
Hermanns and Karl Kaiser, Rechtsanwalte, Diisseldorf,                office is in London, represented by David Vaughan QC and
with an address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers            David Anderson, Barrister, of the Bar of England and Wales,
of Loesch & Wolter, 11 Rue Goethe, T-81 /89 , Monsanto               instructed by Victor White , Richard Coles and Andrew
Company, whose registered office is in St Louis , Missouri           Ransom, Solicitors, with an address for service in
( United States of America ), represented by Clive Stanbrook         Luxembourg at the Chambers of Dupong and Konsbruck,
QC and John Ratliff, Barrister, of the Bar of England and            14A Rue des Bains , T-100/89 , Neste Oy, whose registered
Wales , with an address for service in Luxembourg at the             office is in Espoo ( Finland ), represented by Georges van
Chambers of Arsene Kronshagen, 12 Boulevard de la Foire,             Hecke, Avocat with right of audience before the Belgian
T-83/89 , NV DSM and DSM Kunststoffen BV, whose                      Court of Cassation, and Gerwin Van Gerven, of the Brussels
registered offices are in Heerlen ( Netherlands ), represented       Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the
by Inne G. F. Cath, of the Hague Bar, with an address for            Chambers of Freddy Brausch, 11 Rue Goethe, T-101 /89 ,
service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of Dupong and                  Repsol Quimica SA, whose registered office is in Madrid ,
Konsbruck, 14A Rue des Bains, T-87/89 , Orkem SA, whose              represented by Jose Perez Santos , of the Madrid Bar, with an
registered office is in Paris, represented by Dominique              address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of
Voillemot and Joelle Salzmann, of the Paris Bar , with an            Ernest Arendt, 8—10 Rue Mathias Hardt, T-103/89 , Shell
address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of                 International Chemical Company Ltd, whose registered
Loesch & Wolter, 11 Rue Goethe, T-88/89 , Bayer AG,                  office is in London, represented by Kenneth Parker QC , of
whose registered office is in Leverkusen ( Germany ),                the Bar of England and Wales, instructed by John Osborne,
represented by Oliver Axster and Holger Wissel,                      Solicitor, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the
Rechtsanwalte , Diisseldorf, Michel Waelbroeck, Denis                Chambers of Elvinger and Hoss, 15 Cote d'Eich, T-105/89 ,
Waelbroeck and Alexandre Vandencasteele, of the Brussels             Montedison SpA, whose registered office is in Milan ( Italy ),
Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the                represented by Giuseppe Celona, Avvocato with right of
Chambers of Loesch & Wolter, 11 Rue Goethe, T-90/89 ,                audience before the Italian Court of Cassation, Giorgio
Atochem SA, whose registered office is in Puteaux ( France ),        Aghina, of the Milan Bar, and Piero Ferrari,, of the Rome
represented by Xavier de Roux and Charles-Henri Leger, of            Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the
 ---pagebreak--- 3 . 6 . 95              EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 137/ 17
Chambers of Georges Margue, 20 Rue Philippe II,                        annulment      of   Commission      Decision  89/515/EEC     of
T-107/89 , Chemie Holding AG, whose registered office is in            2 August 1989 relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of
Linz ( Austria ), represented by Otfried Lieberknecht,                 the EEC Treaty ( IV/3 1 . 553 — Welded steel mesh, OJ 1989
Rechtsanwalt, Diisseldorf, with an address for service in              L 260 , p. 1 ) — the Court of First Instance (First Chamber ),
Luxembourg at the Chambers of Alex Bonn, 22 Cote d'Eich,               composed of H. Kirschner, President, C. W. Bellamy, B.
T-l 12/89 , The Dow Chemical Company, whose registered                 Vesterdorf, R. Garcia-Valdecasas and K. Lenaerts , Judges;
office is in Midland , Michigan ( United States of America ),          H. Jung, Registrar, gave a judgment on 6 April 1995 , in
represented by Arved Deringer, Rechtsanwalt, Cologne,                  which the Court :
Pierre Bos, of the Rotterdam Bar, and Jose Perez Santos, of
the Madrid Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg              I. dismisses the application;
at the Chambers of Loesch & Wolter , 11 Rue Goethe,
v. Commission of the European Communities ( Agents : J.                2 . orders the applicant to pay the costs.
Currall, B. J. Drijber, F. E. Gonzalez Diaz, E. Morgan de
Rivery, R. Morresi , N. Forwood and A. Bohlke ) —                      (») OJ No C 306 , 5 . 12 . 1989 .
application for annulment of Commission Decision
89/191 /EEC of 21 December 1988 relating to a proceeding
pursuant to Article 85 of the EEC Treaty ( IV/31.866 , LdPE )
( OJ 1989 L 74 , p. 21 ), — the Court of First Instance ( Second
Chamber ), composed of J. L. Cruz Vilaça , President,
D. P. M. Barrington, A. Saggio, C. P. Briët and J. Biancarelli,         JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
Judges, H. Jung, Registrar, has given a judgment on 6 April                                    ( First Chamber )
 1995 , in which it :
                                                                                               of 6 April 1995
 1 . dismisses the objection ofinadmissibility put forward by          in Case T-142/89 : Usines Gustave Boel SA v. Commission
      the Commission in Case T-l 03/89;                                               of the European Communities (^
                                                                        (Competition — Infringement of Article 85 of the
2 . annuls Commission Decision 89/191 /EEC of                                                         Treaty)
      21 December 1988 relating to a proceeding pursuant to
      Article 85 of the EEC Treaty (IV/31.866, LdPE);                                             ( 95/C 137/41 )
 3 . dismisses the claims for a declaration that Commission                            (Language of the Case: French)
      Decision 89/191 /EEC of 21 December 1988 relating to
      a proceeding pursuant to Article 85 of the EEC Treaty             In Case T-142/89 : Usines Gustave Boel SA, established in
       (IV/31.866, LdPE) is non-existent;
                                                                        Brussels , represented by Georges Vandersanden and Lucette
 4 . dismisses as inadmissible the claim for compensation in            Defalque, of the Brussels Bar, with an address for service in
       Case T-l 05/89 ;                                                 Luxembourg at the Chambers of Alex Schmitt, 62 Rue
                                                                        Guillaume , v. Commission of the European Communities
 5 . orders the Commission to pay the costs.                            ( Agents N. Koch, E. Traversa, J. Currall, A. Coutrelis and N.
                                                                        Coutrelis ) — application for the annulment of Commission
 (') OJ No C 182 , 19 . 7 . 1989 and OJ No C 177, 13 . 7 . 1989 .       Decision 89/515/EEC of 2 August 1989 relating to a
                                                                        proceeding under Article 85 of the EEC Treaty (IV/31.553
                                                                        — Welded steel mesh, OJ 1989 L 260 , p. 1 ) — the Court of
                                                                        First Instance ( First Chamber ) composed of H. Kirschner,
                                                                        President, C. W. Bellamy, B. Vesterdorf, R.
  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                               Garcia-Valdecasas and K. Lenaerts, Judges , H. Jung,
                                                                        Registrar, gave a judgment on 6 April 1995 , in which the
                          ( First Chamber )                             Court :
                          of 6 April 1995
 in Case T-141/89: Tréfileurope Sales SARL v. Commission                1 . reduces the amount of the fine imposed on the applicant
               of the European Communities (*)                              by Article 3 of Commission Decision 89/515/EEC of
                                                                            2 August 1 989 relating to a proceeding under Article 85
  (Competition — Infringement of Article 85 of the                          of the EEC Treaty (IV/31.553 — Welded steel mesh) to
                                Treaty)                                     ECU 440 000;
                            ( 95/C 137/40 )
                                                                        2 . dismisses the application as regards the remaining
                 (Language of the Case: French)                             claims;
 In Case T-141 /89 : Trefileurope Sales SARL, formerly called           3 . orders the applicant to bear its costs and to pay
 Trefilarbed SA, then Trefilarbed Luxembourg-Saarbrücken                    three-fifths of the Commission 's costs;
 SARL, established in Luxembourg, represented by
 Dominique Voillemot, of the Paris Bar, with an address for             4 . orders the Commission to bear two-fifths of its costs.
 service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of Jacques Loesch,
  11 Rue Goethe , v. Commission of the European                          (M OJ No C 306 , 5 . 12 . 1989 .
  Communities ( Agents N. Koch, E. Traversa, J. Currall, A.
  Coutrelis and N. Coutrelis ) — application for the