CELEX: 62008TA0540
Language: en
Date: 2014-07-11 00:00:00
Title: Case T-540/08: Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2014  — Esso and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Paraffin waxes market — Slack wax market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price fixing and market sharing — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Duration of the infringement — Equal treatment — Proportionality — Unlimited jurisdiction)

1.9.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 292/23
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2014 — Esso and Others v Commission
   (Case T-540/08) (1)
   
   ((Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Paraffin waxes market - Slack wax market - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Price fixing and market sharing - 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines - Duration of the infringement - Equal treatment - Proportionality - Unlimited jurisdiction))
   2014/C 292/28
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Esso Société anonyme française (Courbevoie, France); Esso Deutschland GmbH (Hamburg, Germany); ExxonMobil Petroleum and Chemical BVBA (Antwerp, Belgium); and Exxon Mobil Corp. (West Trenton, New Jersey, United States) (represented by: R. Subiotto QC, R. Snelders, L.-P. Rudolf and M. Piergiovanni, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, Agent, and by M. Gray, Barrister)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for the partial annulment of Commission decision C(2008) 5476 final of 1 October 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/39.181 — Candle Waxes) and for the reduction of the fine it imposes on the applicants.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Sets the amount of the fine imposed on Esso Société anonyme française in Article 2 of Commission Decision C(2008) 5476 final of 1 October 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/39.181 — Candle Waxes) at EUR 6 2 7 12  895;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Esso Société anonyme française;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders Esso Deutschland GmbH, ExxonMobil Petroleum and Chemical BVBA and Exxon Mobil Corp. to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 44, 21.2.2009.