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The Decision was addressed to Aalberts Industries NV, Aquatis France SAS, Simplex Armaturen + Fittings GmbH & Co. KG, VSH Italia Srl, Yorkshire Fittings Limited, Advanced Fluid Connections plc, IBP Limited, International Building Products France SA, International Building Products GmbH, Delta plc, Aldway Nine Limited, Delta Engineering Holdings Limited, Druryway Samba Limited, Flowflex Holdings Ltd, Flowflex Components Ltd, IMI plc, IMI Kynoch Ltd, Mueller Industries Inc, Mueller Europe Ltd, WTC Holding Company Inc, Pegler Ltd, Tomkins plc, FRA.BO SpA, Supergrif SL, SANHA Kaimer GmbH & Co. KG, Kaimer GmbH & Co. Holdings KG, SANHA Italia srl, Viega GmbH & Co. KG, Legris Industries SA and Comap SA.
Odločba je bila naslovljena na podjetja Aalberts Industries NV, Aquatis France SAS, Simplex Armaturen + Fittings GmbH & Co. KG, VSH Italia S.r.l., Yorkshire Fittings Limited, Advanced Fluid Connections plc, IBP Limited, International Building Products France SA, International Building Products GmbH, Delta plc, Aldway Nine Limited, Delta Engineering Holdings Limited, Druryway Samba Limited, Flowflex Holdings Ltd, Flowflex Components Ltd, IMI plc, IMI Kynoch Ltd, Mueller Industries Inc, Mueller Europe Ltd, WTC Holding Company Inc, Pegler Ltd, Tomkins plc, FRA.BO S.p.A., Supergrif SL, SANHA Kaimer GmbH & Co. KG, Kaimer GmbH & Co. Holdings KG, Sanha Italia srl, Viega GmbH & Co. KG, Legris Industries SA in Comap SA.
The above 30 legal entities (belonging to 11 undertakings, with some legal entities held liable as parent companies) committed an infringement of Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement by participating in a single and continuous infringement between 31 December 1988 and 1 April 2004 in the fittings industry in the EEA.
Trideset zgoraj navedenih pravnih oseb (ki sodijo pod enajst podjetij, pri čemer so nekatere pravne osebe odgovorne kot matična podjetja) je odgovornih za kršitev člena 81 Pogodbe ES in člena 53 Sporazuma EGP s sodelovanjem pri eni sami in nepretrgani kršitvi med 31. decembrom 1988 in 1. aprilom 2004 v industriji pribora (fitingov) v Evropskem gospodarskem prostoru.
Not all the undertakings participated to the infringement for its entire duration.
Vsa podjetja niso sodelovala pri kršitvi ves čas njenega trajanja.
The infringement’s main features included: competitors discussing prices, agreeing, implementing and monitoring price agreements as well as discounts and rebates, agreeing on implementation mechanisms, allocating of markets and customers, exchanging commercially important and confidential market and/or company relevant information, participating in regular meetings and having other contacts to agree to the above restrictions and monitor implementation within the EEA.
Glavne značilnosti kršitve vključujejo: tekmeci so razpravljali o cenah, se dogovarjali, izvajali in spremljali dogovore o cenah ter popustih in rabatih, se dogovarjali o izvedbenih mehanizmih, si dodeljevali trge in kupce, izmenjavali poslovno pomembne in zaupne tržne podatke in/ali podatke, pomembne za podjetja, se redno sestajali in vzdrževali druge stike za dogovore v zvezi z zgoraj navedenimi omejitvami in spremljanjem njihovega izvajanja v Evropskem gospodarskem prostoru.
THE FITTINGS INDUSTRY
INDUSTRIJA PRIBORA (FITINGOV)
The product concerned is copper fittings including copper alloy fittings (such as gunmetal, brass and other copper-based alloys).
Pri zadevnem izdelku gre za bakreni pribor (fitinge), vključno s priborom (fitingi) iz bakrenih zlitin (kot so topovski bron, medenina in druge zlitine na podlagi bakra).
A fitting connects tubes used in the transportation of water, air, gas, etc. for plumbing, heating, sanitation and other purposes.
Pribor (fiting) povezuje cevi, ki se uporabljajo pri transportu vode, zraka, plina itd. za vodovodne in plinske instalacije, ogrevanje, komunalno infrastrukturo in druge namene.
There are various types of fittings such as end-feed, solder ring, compression, press and push-fit.
Obstajajo različne vrste pribora (fitingov), kot na primer spajanje z zaskokom, lotanjem, zatiskanjem in nasedom.
All these types are implicated in this Decision.
Vse te vrste so vključene v to odločbo.
The investigation showed that the cartel covered the whole of the EEA.
Preiskava je pokazala, da je kartel pokrival celoten Evropski gospodarski prostor.
The 2003 EEA market value for copper and copper alloy fittings was approximately EUR 525 million for about 960 million pieces.
Leta 2003 je znašala v Evropskem gospodarskem prostoru tržna vrednost za pribor (fitinge) iz bakra in bakrenih zlitin približno 525 milijonov EUR za približno 960 milijonov kosov.
In January 2001 the company Mueller Industries Inc informed the Commission of the existence of a cartel in the Fittings industry (and in other related industries in the copper tubes market) and expressed the wish to cooperate with the Commission under the 1996 Leniency Notice.
Januarja 2001 je podjetje Mueller Industries Inc obvestilo Komisijo o obstoju kartela v industriji pribora (fitingov) (in v drugih sorodnih industrijah na trgu bakrenih cevi) ter izrazilo željo po sodelovanju s Komisijo v skladu z obvestilom o ugodni obravnavi iz leta 1996.
Mueller provided the Commission with evidence that enabled the carrying out of inspections.
Podjetje Mueller je Komisiji predložilo dokaze, ki so ji omogočili izvedbo inšpekcijskih pregledov.
On 22 and 23 March 2001, the Commission carried out the first unannounced inspections concerning both copper tubes and fittings.
Komisija je 22. in 23. marca 2001 opravila prve napovedane inšpekcijske preglede v zvezi z bakrenimi cevmi in priborom (fitingi).
Thereafter, in April 2001, it was decided to separate the cases into copper plumbing tubes (38.069), industrial tubes (38.240) and fittings (38.121).
Po opravljenih pregledih je bil aprila 2001 sprejet sklep, da se ločeno obravnavajo zadeve v zvezi z bakrenimi cevmi za vodovodne in plinske instalacije (38.069), industrijskimi cevmi (38.240) in priborom (fitingi) (38.121).
Subsequently, on 24 and 25 April 2001, the Commission carried out further unannounced on-site inspections at the premises of the Delta group.
Nato je Komisija 24. in 25. aprila 2001 opravila dodatne nenajavljene preglede v prostorih skupine Delta.
The latter inspections covered only fittings.
V te preglede je bil zajet samo pribor (fitingi).
In the copper tubes sector the Commission adopted two decisions imposing fines in the industrial tubes case (in 2003) and the copper plumbing tubes case (in 2004).
Na področju bakrenih cevi je Komisija sprejela dva sklepa o naložitvi glob v zadevi industrijskih cevi (leta 2003) in v zadevi bakrenih cevi za vodovodne in plinske instalacije (leta 2004).
In September 2003, after the inspections and after having sent letters requesting information, the IMI group applied for leniency.
Septembra 2003, po opravljenih pregledih in po tem, ko so bili odposlani dopisi z zahtevami po informacijah, je skupina IMI vložila prošnjo za ugodno obravnavo.
This leniency application was followed by those of the Delta group (March 2004) and Frabo (July 2004).
Tej prošnji za ugodno obravnavo sta sledili prošnji skupine Delta (marca 2004) in podjetja Frabo (julija 2004).
The last leniency application was submitted by Oystertec/Advanced Fluid Connections plc, in May 2005.
Zadnjo prošnjo za ugodno obravnavo je predložilo podjetje Oystertec/Advanced Fluid Connections plc maja 2005.
The Statement of Objections was addressed to 30 undertakings belonging to 11 undertakings and to one association of undertakings.
Obvestilo o nasprotovanju je bilo naslovljeno na 30 podjetij, ki sodijo pod enajst podjetij in eno združenje podjetij.
All parties but Flowflex, Comap and Supergrif exercised their right to be heard and participated in the oral hearing which was held on 25 and 26 January 2006.
Vse stranke, razen podjetij Flowflex, Comap in Supergrif, so uresničile pravico do zaslišanja in sodelovale na zaslišanju, ki je potekalo 25. in 26. januarja 2006.
Whilst there are indications that the first anti-competitive contacts between the UK producers of fittings occurred prior to 1988, evidence in the possession of the Commission demonstrates on a solid and lasting basis that December 1988 was the starting date of the infringement.
Čeprav obstaja utemeljen sum, da so se stiki protikonkurenčnega značaja med proizvajalci pribora (fitingov) iz Združenega kraljestva vzpostavili že pred letom 1988, dokazi, ki jih ima Komisija, trdno in neovrgljivo kažejo, da je bil datum začetka kršitve december 1988.
On this basis the Commission considered that the collusive arrangements started in the UK among UK manufacturers on 31 December 1988.
Na podlagi tega je Komisija ocenila, da so se skrivni dogovori v Združenem kraljestvu med proizvajalci iz Združenega kraljestva začeli 31. decembra 1988.
As to the behaviour of fittings manufacturers at pan-European level, due to the loose form and exploratory nature of contacts before January 1991, the Commission limited its assessment under competition rules to the period from 31 January 1991, date of the first ‘Super-EFMA’ meeting, when the competitors agreed on prices and when the pan-European arrangements were evidenced as an organised and structured scheme.
Komisija je glede na ravnanje proizvajalcev pribora (fitingov) na vseevropski ravni zaradi ohlapne oblike in raziskovalnega značaja stikov pred januarjem 1991 svojo oceno na podlagi pravil o konkurenci omejila na obdobje od 31. januarja 1991, to je od datuma prvega sestanka „Super-EFMA“, ko so se tekmeci dogovorili glede cen in ko so bili vseevropski dogovori evidentirani kot organiziran in strukturiran program.
Further evidence in the Commission’s file shows that this infringement continued even after the Commission inspections in March and April 2001, as far as Comap, IBP/Oystertec (Advanced Fluid Connections) and Frabo are concerned until April 2004 and to a lesser extent as far as Delta is concerned.
Nadaljnji dokazi iz dokumentacije Komisije kažejo, da se je ta kršitev nadaljevala tudi po inšpekcijskih pregledih Komisije marca in aprila 2001, in sicer v podjetjih Comap, IBP/Oystertec (Advanced Fluid Connections) in Frabo do aprila 2004, v podjetju Delta pa v manjšem obsegu.
With regard to Aalberts, it participated in the infringement after the inspections between June 2003 and April 2004.
Podjetje Aalberts je sodelovalo pri kršitvi po pregledih med junijem 2003 in aprilom 2004.
This is the first cartel case which for certain participant companies continued for three years after the inspections.
To je bil prvi primer omejevalnega sporazuma, ki so ga nekatera sodelujoča podjetja izvajala še tri leta po inšpekcijskih pregledih.
The overall structure of the anti-competitive arrangements for the fittings products shows that they can be considered as one single infringement whereby competitors discussed prices, agreed, implemented and monitored price agreements as well as discounts and rebates, agreed on implementation mechanisms, allocated markets and customers and exchanged commercially important and confidential market information.
Splošni ustroj protikonkurenčnih dogovorov za pribor (fitinge) kaže, da se lahko štejejo za eno samo kršitev, pri kateri so tekmeci razpravljali o cenah, se dogovarjali, izvajali in spremljali dogovore o cenah ter popustih in rabatih, se dogovarjali o izvedbenih mehanizmih, si dodeljevali trge in kupce ter si izmenjavali poslovno pomembne in zaupne tržne podatke.
Regarding the gravity of the infringement, impact on the market and its geographic scope, the infringement must be qualified as very serious.
Glede na stopnjo kršitve ter njen vpliv na trg in geografski obseg je treba kršitev opredeliti kot zelo resno.
As there was considerable disparity between each undertaking’s weighting in terms of turnover in the cartelised industry, the Commission has applied differential treatment (groupings) to take account of each undertaking’s weighting: this approach seeks to differentiate how each undertaking’s weighting damaged competition.
Ker obstaja velika razlika med posamičnimi prihodki podjetij v sektorju kartela, je Komisija podjetja obravnavala diferencirano (po skupinah), da bi upoštevala delež odgovornosti vsakega podjetja: ta pristop se uporablja za razlikovanje med prispevki posameznih podjetij k protikonkurenčnim vplivom.
The undertakings have been divided into six categories according to their relative importance.
Podjetja so bila razdeljena v šest kategorij glede na njihovo relativno pomembnost.
As the basis for determining the relative importance of the undertakings in this infringement, the Commission took into account the respective market shares of each undertaking with the product concerned.
Pri določitvi relativne pomembnosti podjetij pri tej kršitvi je Komisija upoštevala ustrezne tržne deleže posameznih podjetij pri zadevnem izdelku.
The individual weight of the participants in the infringement was compared on the basis of their product market shares in the EEA for all the undertakings, in the year 2000, except Aalberts and Advanced Fluid Connections, for which the year 2003 was taken as the basis of differentiation.
Posamezni deleži udeležencev kršitve so se primerjali na podlagi njihovih tržnih deležev pri izdelku v Evropskem gospodarskem prostoru v letu 2000 za vsa podjetja, razen za podjetji Aalberts in Advanced Fluid Connections, pri katerih je bilo kot podlaga za diferenciacijo vzeto leto 2003.
The Commission chose 2000 because it was the most recent year of the infringement in which all the undertakings to which this Decision was addressed were active in the cartel except the two undertakings mentioned.
Komisija je izbrala leto 2000, ker je bilo to zadnje leto kršitve, v katerem so bila vsa podjetja, na katera je bila naslovljena ta odločba, dejavna v kartelu, razen obeh prej navedenih.
Accordingly Viegener and Aalberts were placed in the first category.
Skladno s tem sta bili podjetji Viegener in Aalberts uvrščeni v prvo kategorijo.
IMI and Delta were placed in the second category, Advanced Fluid Connections in the third, Legris Industries in the fourth, SANHA Kaimer, Flowflex, Frabo and Mueller in the fifth and Pegler in the sixth category.
IMI in Delta sta bili uvrščeni v drugo kategorijo, Advanced Fluid Connections v tretjo, Legris Industries v četrto, Sanha Kaimer, Flowflex, Frabo in Mueller v peto ter Pegler v šesto kategorijo.
In order to set the amount of the fine at a level which ensures that it has sufficient deterrent effect the Commission considered it appropriate to apply a multiplication factor to the fine imposed on Tomkins/Pegler.
Komisija je ocenila, da bi bilo globo podjetju Tomkins/Pegler primerno pomnožiti, da bi zagotovili zadosten odvračilni učinek.
In 2005, the most recent financial year preceding the Decision, the total turnover of Tomkins, Pegler’s mother company, was EUR 4,65 billion.
Leta 2005, ki je bilo zadnje poslovno leto pred to odločbo, je znašal skupni promet podjetja Tomkins, ki je matično podjetje podjetja Pegler, 4,65 milijarde EUR.
Accordingly and in line with previous decisions, the Commission considered it appropriate to multiply the fine for Tomkins.
Na podlagi tega in v skladu s prejšnjimi odločbami je Komisija menila, da bi bilo primerno globo za podjetje Tomkins pomnožiti.
Individual multiplying factors were also applied according to the duration of the infringement by each legal entity.
Posamezni množitelji so se uporabili tudi glede na trajanje kršitve posameznih pravnih oseb.
Participation in the infringement after the inspections
Sodelovanje pri kršitvi po inšpekcijskih pregledih
The Decision established that Oystertec/Advanced Fluid Connections, Comap, Frabo and to a lesser extent Delta did not terminate the infringement immediately after the inspections.
Z odločbo je bilo ugotovljeno, da podjetja Oystertec/Advanced Fluid Connections, Comap, Frabo in v manjšem obsegu Delta niso opustila kršitve takoj po opravljenih inšpekcijskih pregledih.
These undertakings participated in the infringement after the inspections had taken place.
Ta podjetja so sodelovala pri kršitvi še po opravljenih pregledih.
As far as Aalberts is concerned, it is established that it participated in the infringement after the inspections between June 2003 and April 2004.
Glede podjetja Aalberts je bilo ugotovljeno, da je sodelovalo pri kršitvi po pregledih med junijem 2003 in aprilom 2004.
This behaviour is a blatant disregard of the competition rules.
Takšno ravnanje pomeni očitno nespoštovanje pravil o konkurenci.
When the Commission conducts an inspection in a cartel case, it officially alerts the undertakings concerned that competition rules may have been infringed.
Ko Komisija opravi inšpekcijski pregled v primeru omejevalnega sporazuma, uradno opozori zadevna podjetja, da je šlo morda za kršitev pravil o konkurenci.
In the overwhelming majority of cases, experience has shown that the inspections spur the undertakings to immediately put an end to the infringement, providing thereby immediate relief for the consumers, while awaiting the Commission’s decision in the case.
Izkušnje kažejo, da v veliki večini primerov inšpekcijski pregledi spodbudijo podjetja k takojšnjemu prenehanju kršitve, s čimer se kupcem zagotovi takojšnje olajšanje, medtem ko se čaka na odločitev Komisije v zvezi s primerom.
In this sense, the inspections have the function to deter the undertakings involved from continuing the infringement.
V tem smislu je namen inšpekcijskih pregledov, da odvračajo vpletena podjetja od nadaljevanja kršitve.
Therefore, for the period after the inspections, undertakings should immediately stop any infringing behaviour.
Zato morajo podjetja po inšpekcijskih pregledih takoj prenehati s kršitvijo.
Nonetheless, these undertakings disregarded the inspections and certain of them continued as much as three years after.
Ta podjetja pa se za inšpekcijske preglede niso zmenila in nekatera od njih so z njo nadaljevala še tri leta.
This justified an increase in the basic amount of the fine to be imposed on Aalberts, Advanced Fluid Connections, Comap, Frabo and Delta.
To upravičuje povečanje osnovnega zneska globe, ki se naloži podjetjem Aalberts, Advanced Fluid Connections, Comap, Frabo in Delta.
However, as far as Frabo is concerned, the Decision recognises that its contribution in this regard was particularly decisive.
Kar zadeva podjetje Frabo, odločba priznava, da je bil njegov delež pri tem še zlasti odločilen.
Frabo was the first company to disclose the anti-competitive behaviour after the inspections and provided the link for the years before and after the inspections.
Frabo je bilo prvo podjetje, ki je po inšpekcijskih pregledih razkrilo protikonkurenčno ravnanje in zagotovilo povezavo za leta pred inšpekcijskimi pregledi in po njih.
Thus, the Commission was able to establish continuity between the two periods which without Frabo’s contribution, could not have been proven.
Tako je Komisija lahko ugotovila neprekinjenost med obema obdobjema, ki je brez prispevka podjetja Frabo ne bi bilo mogoče dokazati.
Having regard to this circumstance and in line with the principle of fairness, Frabo was not penalised given it disclosed this post-inspection arrangement.
Ob upoštevanju te okoliščine in v skladu z načelom pravičnosti Frabo ni bil kaznovan za razkritje tega dogovora po inšpekcijskem pregledu.
Consequently, Frabo was exempted from this aggravating factor.
Zato je bil Frabo izvzet iz tega oteževalnega dejavnika.
Misleading information
Zavajajoče informacije
Furthermore in its reply to the Statement of Objections, Advanced Fluid Connections provided the Commission with misleading information.
Poleg tega je podjetje Advanced Fluid Connections v svojem odgovoru na obvestilo o nasprotovanju Komisiji posredovalo zavajajoče informacije.
In a statement annexed to the reply to the Statement of Objections an employee of Advanced Fluid Connections stated that he did not have any telephone contacts with Frabo in the period between 2001 and 2005.
V izjavi, priloženi k odgovoru na obvestilo o nasprotovanju, je nekdo od zaposlenih v podjetju Advanced Fluid Connections navedel, da med letoma 2001 in 2005 ni imel telefonskih stikov s podjetjem Frabo.
Several telephone bills provided by Frabo show, contrary to this statement, that between April 2002 and July 2003, Frabo contacted Advanced Fluid Connections via mobile phone at least 28 times.
Več računov za telefonske pogovore, ki jih je zagotovilo podjetje Frabo, pa v nasprotju s to izjavo kaže, da je med aprilom 2002 in julijem 2003 podjetje Frabo kontaktiralo podjetje Advanced Fluid Connections po mobilnem telefonu najmanj 28-krat.
This aggravating circumstance justified an increase in the basic amount of the fine to be imposed on Advanced Fluid Connections.
Ta oteževalna okoliščina upravičuje povečanje osnovnega zneska globe, ki se naloži podjetju Advanced Fluid Connections.
Several undertakings claimed some or all of the following attenuating circumstances: early termination of the infringement, a minor/passive role, the absence of an effective implementation of the practices, the implementation of compliance programs, absence of benefit, difficulties in the Fittings industry.
Več podjetij se je sklicevalo na nekatere ali vse od naslednjih olajševalnih okoliščin: hitro prenehanje kršitve, manjša/pasivna vloga, odsotnost učinkovitega izvajanja praks, izvajanje programov za zagotavljanje zakonitosti delovanja, odsotnost koristi, težave v industriji pribora (fitingov).
These claims are all rejected as being unfounded except for the minor/passive role claimed by Flowflex.
Vse te trditve so zavrnjene kot neutemeljene, razen manjše/pasivne vloge, na katero se sklicuje podjetje Flowflex.
The basic amount for Flowflex was therefore reduced by 10 %.
Osnovni znesek za podjetje Flowflex je bil zato zmanjšan za 10 %.
Cooperation outside the leniency notice
Sodelovanje izven okvira obvestila o ugodni obravnavi
The Decision considered that Frabo’s cooperation qualified for an attenuating factor in this regard.
Odločba zavzema stališče, da sodelovanje podjetja Frabo v tem pogledu izpolnjuje pogoje za olajševalno okoliščino.
Frabo was the first to disclose the duration of the cartel after the inspections, and, in particular, it was the first to provide evidence and explanations to prove continuity of the infringement after the inspections and until April 2004.
Podjetje Frabo je prvo razkrilo nadaljnje izvajanje omejevalnega sporazuma po inšpekcijskih pregledih, in je bilo zlasti prvo podjetje, ki je priskrbelo dokaze in razlage dokazov o nepretrganosti kršitve v obdobju po inšpekcijskih pregledih do aprila 2004.
Prior to Frabo’s leniency application, the Commission could not have established the duration and continuity of the infringement from March 2001 until April 2004.
Pred prošnjo podjetja Frabo za ugodno obravnavo Komisija ni mogla določiti trajanja in nepretrganosti kršitve od marca 2001 do aprila 2004.
Frabo should not be penalised for its cooperation by imposing on it a higher fine than the one that it would have had to pay without its cooperation.
Podjetje Frabo ne bi smelo biti kaznovano za sodelovanje z določitvijo višje globe od tiste, ki bi jo moralo plačati v primeru nesodelovanja.
Therefore the basic amount of Frabo’s fine was reduced by the hypothetical amount of the fine that would have been imposed on Frabo for a three year infringement.
Zato je bil osnovni znesek globe za podjetje Frabo zmanjšan za hipotetičen znesek globe, ki naj bi se naložil podjetju Frabo za triletno kršitev.
APPLICATION OF THE 10 % TURNOVER LIMIT
UPORABA 10-ODSTOTNE MEJE PROMETA
Where appropriate, the 10 % worldwide turnover limit of Article 23(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 [1] was applied to the fines calculated.
Kjer je ustrezno, se je za izračunane globe uporabila 10-odstotna meja prometa na svetovnem trgu iz člena 23(2) Uredbe (ES) št. 1/2003 [1].
APPLICATION OF THE 1996 LENIENCY NOTICE
UPORABA OBVESTILA O UGODNI OBRAVNAVI IZ LETA 1996