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Document 62008TA0544

Case T-544/08: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014  — Hansen & Rosenthal and H & R Wax Company Vertrieb v Commission (Competition — Agreements — Paraffin waxes market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price fixing — Proof of the infringement — 2006 Guidelines for calculating the amount of fines — Rights of the defence — Calculation of the value of sales — Gravity of the infringement — No retroactivity — Equal treatment — Proportionality)

OJ C 46, 9.2.2015, p. 38–38 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

9.2.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 46/38


Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014 — Hansen & Rosenthal and H & R Wax Company Vertrieb v Commission

(Case T-544/08) (1)

((Competition - Agreements - Paraffin waxes market - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Price fixing - Proof of the infringement - 2006 Guidelines for calculating the amount of fines - Rights of the defence - Calculation of the value of sales - Gravity of the infringement - No retroactivity - Equal treatment - Proportionality))

(2015/C 046/44)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicants: Hansen & Rosenthal KG (Hamburg, Germany); and H & R Wax Company Vertrieb GmbH (Hamburg) (represented by: J. Schulte, A. Lober and M. Dallmann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Antoniadis and R. Sauer, Agents)

Re:

Primarily, application for annulment of Commission Decision C (2008) 5476 final of 1 October 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/39.181 — Candle Waxes), in that it concerns the applicants, and, in the alternative, an application for a reduction of the amount of the fine imposed on them.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1)

Dismisses the action;

2)

Orders Hansen & Rosenthal KG and H & R Wax Company Vertrieb GmbH to bear their own costs and those incurred by the European Commission.


(1)  OJ C 55, 7.3.2009.


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