CELEX: 62005TA0112
Language: en
Date: 2007-12-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-112/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 December 2007 — Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission (Competition — Cartels in the vitamin products sector — Choline chloride (Vitamin B4) — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area — Attributability of the infringement)

26.1.2008   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 22/41
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 December 2007 — Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission
   (Case T-112/05) (1)
   
   (Competition - Cartels in the vitamin products sector - Choline chloride (Vitamin B4) - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area - Attributability of the infringement)
   (2008/C 22/76)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicants: Akzo Nobel (Arnhem, Netherlands), Akzo Nobel Nederland BV (Arnhem), Akzo Nobel Chemicals International BV (Amersfoort, Netherlands), Akzo Nobel Chemicals BV (Amersfoort), Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals BV (Amersfoort) (represented by: initially C. Swaak and J. de Gou, and subsequently C. Swaak, M. van der Woude and M. Mollica, Lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: A. Whelan and F. Amato, Agents)
   Re:
   Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2005/566/EC of 9 December 2004 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/E 2/37.533 — Choline chloride) (summary published in OJ 2005 L 190, p. 22).
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the application;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Akzo Nobel NV, Akzo Nobel Nederland BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals International BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals BV and Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals BV to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 143, 11.6.2005.