CELEX: 62006TA0378
Language: en
Date: 2011-03-24 00:00:00
Title: Case T-378/06: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2011 — IMI and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Copper and copper alloy fittings sector — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Fines — Relevant turnover — Leniency Notice — Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Equal treatment)

14.5.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 145/20
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2011 — IMI and Others v Commission
   (Case T-378/06) (1)
   
   (Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Copper and copper alloy fittings sector - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Fines - Relevant turnover - Leniency Notice - Guidelines on the method of setting fines - Equal treatment)
   2011/C 145/29
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: IMI plc (Birmingham, United Kingdom); IMI Kynoch Ltd (Birmingham); Yorkshire Fittings Ltd (Leeds, United Kingdom); VSH Italia Srl (Bregnano, Italy); Comap SA, formerly Aquatis France SAS (La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin, France); and Simplex Armaturen + Fittings GmbH & Co. KG (Argenbühl-Eisenharz, Germany) (represented by: M. Struys and D. Arts, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Nijenhuis and V. Bottka, acting as Agents, and by S. Kinsella, Solicitor, and K. Nordlander, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment in part of Commission Decision C(2006) 4180 of 20 September 2006 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/F-1/38.121 — Fittings), and also, in the alternative, for a reduction in the fine imposed on the applicants in that decision.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders IMI plc, IMI Kynoch Ltd, Yorkshire Fittings Ltd, VSH Italia Srl, Comap SA and Simplex Armaturen + Fittings GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 20, 27.1.2007.