Judgment of the General Court of 27 June 2012 — Coats Holdings v Commission

(Case T-439/07) (1)

(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Markets for zip fasteners and ‘other fasteners’ - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Coordinated price increases, fixing of minimum prices, customer-sharing, market-sharing and exchange of other commercial information - Evidence - Single and continuous infringement - Limitation period - Rights of the defence - Fines - Guidelines)

2012/C 243/20

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Coats Holdings Ltd (Uxbridge, Middlesex (United Kingdom)) (represented by: W. Sibree, C. Jeffs, K. O’Connell, and J. Boyce, Solicitors, and D. Anderson QC)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and K. Mojzesowicz, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for, primarily, annulment of Commission Decision C(2007) 4257 final of 19 September 2007 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] (Case COMP/39.168 — PO/Hard Haberdashery: Fasteners) in so far as it concerns the applicant and, in the alternative, annulment or reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 37, 9.2.2008.