CELEX: C2006/036/63
Language: en
Date: 2006-02-11 00:00:00
Title: Case T-64/02: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of  29 November 2005  — Heubach v Commission (Competition — Article 81 EC — Cartel — Zinc phosphate market — Fine — Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Action for annulment — Objection of illegality — Article 15(2) of Regulation No 17 — Gravity of the infringement — Principles of proportionality and equal treatment — Statement of reasons)

11.2.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 36/29
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 29 November 2005 — Heubach v Commission
   (Case T-64/02) (1)
   
   (Competition - Article 81 EC - Cartel - Zinc phosphate market - Fine - Guidelines on the method of setting fines - Action for annulment - Objection of illegality - Article 15(2) of Regulation No 17 - Gravity of the infringement - Principles of proportionality and equal treatment - Statement of reasons)
   (2006/C 36/63)
   Language of the case: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant(s): Dr Hans Heubach GmbH & Co. KG (Langelsheim, Germany) (represented by: F. Montag and G. Bauer, lawyers)
   
      Defendant(s): Commission of the European Communities (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, acting as Agent, assisted by H. J. Freund, lawyer)
   Application for
   partial annulment of Commission Decision 2003/437/EC of 11 December 2001 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/E-1/37.027 — Zinc phosphate) (OJ 2003 L 153, p. 1) and, in the alternative, for reduction of the amount of the fine imposed on the applicant
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1)
            
            
               Dismisses the application;
            
         
               2)
            
            
               Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 144, 15.6.2002.