CELEX: C2005/330/40
Language: en
Date: 2005-12-24 00:00:00
Title: Case T-38/02: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of  25 October 2005  — Groupe Danone v Commission (Competition — Agreements and concreted practices — Fines — Guidelines for the calculation of the amount of fines — Communication on cooperation)

24.12.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 330/16
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 25 October 2005 — Groupe Danone v Commission
   (Case T-38/02) (1)
   
   (Competition - Agreements and concreted practices - Fines - Guidelines for the calculation of the amount of fines - Communication on cooperation)
   (2005/C 330/40)
   Language of the case: French
   Parties
   
      Applicant(s): Groupe Danone (Paris, France) (represented by: A. Winckler and M. Waha, lawyers)
   
      Defendant(s): Commission of the European Communities (represented by: A. Bouquet and W. Wils, Agents)
   Application for
   annulment of Commission Decision 2003/569/EC of 5 December 2001 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty (Case IV/37.614/F3 PO/Interbrew and Alken-Maes) (OJ 2003 L 200, p. 1) and, as a subsidiary plea, a reduction in the fine imposed on the applicant under Article 2 of that decision.
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Sets the amount of the fine imposed on the applicant at EUR 42,4125 million;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the remainder of the action;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the applicant to bear its own costs and three-quarters of those incurred by the Commission. The Commission shall bear a quarter of its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 97, 20.4.2002.