CELEX: C2005/229/24
Language: en
Date: 2005-09-17 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 18 July 2005 in Case T-241/01, Scandinavian Airlines System AB v Commission of the European Communities (Competition — Cartel — Air transport — Regulation (EEC) No 3975/87 — Notified agreements — Cooperation beyond the scope of the notification — Market-sharing — Fine — Guidelines for the calculation of fines — Seriousness of the infringement — Notice on the non-imposition or reduction of fines — Attenuating circumstances — Unlimited jurisdiction)

17.9.2005   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 229/12
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
   
   of 18 July 2005
   in Case T-241/01, Scandinavian Airlines System AB v Commission of the European Communities (1)
   
   (Competition - Cartel - Air transport - Regulation (EEC) No 3975/87 - Notified agreements - Cooperation beyond the scope of the notification - Market-sharing - Fine - Guidelines for the calculation of fines - Seriousness of the infringement - Notice on the non-imposition or reduction of fines - Attenuating circumstances - Unlimited jurisdiction)
   (2005/C 229/24)
   Language of the case: English
   In Case T-241/01: Scandinavian Airlines System AB, established in Stockholm (Sweden), represented by M. Kofmann, lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg, against Commission of the European Communities (Agents: P. Oliver and W. Wils, with an address for service in Luxembourg) — application for annulment of Article 2 of Commission Decision 2001/716/EC of 18 July 2001 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 EC and Article 53 EEA (COMP.D.2 37.444 — SAS/Maersk Air and COMP.D.2 37.386 — Sun-Air versus SAS and Maersk Air) (OJ 2001 L 265, p. 15), in so far as it fixes the fine imposed on the applicant at EUR 39 375 000, and, in the alternative, an application for the reduction of that fine — the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber), composed of J. Azizi, President, M. Jaeger and F. Dehousse, Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 18 July 2005, in which it:
   
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               Dismisses the application;
            
         
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               Orders the applicant to pay its own costs and those incurred by the Commission.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 369, de 22.12.2001