CELEX: 62010TA0378
Language: en
Date: 2013-09-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-378/10: Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 — Masco and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Bathroom fittings and fixtures markets of Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Coordination of price increases and exchange of sensitive business information — Single infringement)

9.11.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 325/26
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 — Masco and Others v Commission
   (Case T-378/10) (1)
   
   (Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Bathroom fittings and fixtures markets of Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria - Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement - Coordination of price increases and exchange of sensitive business information - Single infringement)
   2013/C 325/43
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Masco Corp. (Michigan, United States of America); Hansgrohe AG (Schiltach, Germany); Hansgrohe Deutschland Vertriebs GmbH (Schiltach); Hansgrohe Handelsgesellschaft mbH (Wiener Neudorf, Austria); Hansgrohe SA/NV (Brussels, Belgium); Hansgrohe BV (Westknollendam, Netherlands); Hansgrohe SARL (Antony, France); Hansgrohe SRL (Villanova d’Asti, Italy); Hüppe GmbH (Bad Zwischenahn, Germany); Hüppe Ges.mbH (Laxenburg, Austria); Hüppe Belgium SA (Woluwé Saint-Étienne, Belgium); Hüppe BV (Alblasserdam, Netherlands) (represented by: D. Schroeder, S. Heinz, lawyers, and J. Temple Lang, Solicitor)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and F. Ronkes Agerbeek, Agents, assisted by B. Kennelly, Barrister)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment in part of Article 1 of Commission Decision C(2010) 4185 final of 23 June 2010 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 EEA (Case COMP/39.092 — Bathroom Fittings and Fixtures), in so far as the Commission finds that the applicants participated in a single complex infringement in the bathroom fittings and fixtures sector.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Masco Corp., Hansgrohe AG, Hansgrohe Deutschland Vertriebs GmbH, Hansgrohe Handelsgesellschaft mbH, Hansgrohe SA/NV, Hansgrohe BV, Hansgrohe SARL, Hansgrohe SRL, Hüppe GmbH, Hüppe Ges.mbH, Hüppe Belgium SA and Hüppe BV to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 301, 6.11.2010.