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25.9.2004 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 239/12 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
of 8 July 2004
in Case T-44/00: Mannesmannröhren-Werke v Commission of the European Communities (1)
(Competition - Cartels - Markets in seamless steel tubes - Duration of the infringement - Fines)
(2004/C 239/24)
Language of the case: German
In Case T-44/00: Mannesmannröhren-Werke AG, established in Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany), represented by M. Klusmann, lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg, against the Commission of the European Communities (Agents: M. Erhart and A. Whelan, with an address for service in Luxembourg) — application for annulment of Commission Decision 2003/382/EC of 8 December 1999 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty (Case IV/E-1/35.860-B seamless steel tubes) (OJ 2003, L 140, p. 1), or, alternatively, a reduction in the amount of the fine imposed on the applicant — the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber), composed of N.J. Forwood, President, J. Pirrung and A.W.H. Meij, Judges; J. Plingers, Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 8 July 2004, in which it:
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Annuls Article 1(2) of Commission Decision 2003/382/EC of 8 December 1999 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty (Case IV/E-1/35.860-B seamless steel tubes) in so far as it finds that the infringement imputed to the applicant by that provision existed before 1 January 1991; |
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Sets the amount of the fine imposed on the applicant in Article 4 of Decision 2003/382 at EUR 12,600,000; |
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Dismisses the remainder of the application; |
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Orders the applicant and the Commission to bear their own costs. |