CELEX: 62006TA0385
Language: en
Date: 2011-03-24 00:00:00
Title: Case T-385/06: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2011 — Aalberts Industries and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Copper and copper alloy fittings sector — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Single and continuous infringement — Participation in the infringement)

14.5.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 145/22
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2011 — Aalberts Industries and Others v Commission
   (Case T-385/06) (1)
   
   (Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Copper and copper alloy fittings sector - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Single and continuous infringement - Participation in the infringement)
   2011/C 145/34
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Aalberts Industries NV (Utrecht, Netherlands); Comap SA, formerly Aquatis France SAS (La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin, France); and Simplex Armaturen + Fittings GmbH & Co. KG (Argenbühl-Eisenharz, Germany) (represented initially by R. Wesseling and M. van der Woude, and subsequently by R. Wesseling, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Nijenhuis, R. Sauer and V. Bottka, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment 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.
            
            
               Annuls Article 1 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) in so far as it finds that Aalberts Industries NV, Comap SA, formerly Aquatis France SAS, and Simplex Armaturen + Fittings GmbH & Co. KG participated in the infringement during the period from 25 June 2003 to 1 April 2004;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Annuls Article 2(a) and (b)(2) of Decision C(2006) 4180;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 20, 27.1.2007.