CELEX: 62012TA0345
Language: en
Date: 2015-01-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-345/12: Judgment of the General Court of 28 January 2015  — Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission (Competition — Administrative proceedings — European market for hydrogen peroxide and perborate — Publication of a decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Rejection of a request for confidential treatment of information provided to the Commission pursuant to its Leniency Notice — Obligation to state reasons — Confidentiality — Professional secrecy — Legitimate expectations)

16.3.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 89/17
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 28 January 2015 — Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission
   (Case T-345/12) (1)
   
   ((Competition - Administrative proceedings - European market for hydrogen peroxide and perborate - Publication of a decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Rejection of a request for confidential treatment of information provided to the Commission pursuant to its Leniency Notice - Obligation to state reasons - Confidentiality - Professional secrecy - Legitimate expectations))
   (2015/C 089/18)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Akzo Nobel NV (Amsterdam, Netherlands); Akzo Chemicals Holding AB, established in (Bohus, Sweden); Eka Chemicals AB (Farjevagen, Sweden) (represented by: C. Swaak and R. Wesseling, Agents)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Giolito, M. Kellerbauer and G. Meessen, Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: CDC Hydrogene Peroxide Cartel Damage Claims (CDC Hydrogene Peroxide) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: T. Funke, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for the annulment of Commission Decision C(2012) 3533 final of 24 May 2012 rejecting a request for confidential treatment submitted by Akzo Nobel, Akzo Nobel Chemicals Holding and Eka Chemicals pursuant to Article 8 of Decision 2011/695/EU of the President of the European Commission of 13 October 2011 on the function and terms of reference of the hearing officer in certain competition proceedings (Case COMP/38.620 — Hydrogen Peroxide and perborate).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Akzo Nobel NV, Akzo Chemicals Holding AB and Eka Chemicals AB to pay the costs, including those relating to the proceedings for interim measures.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 295, 29.9.2012.