Reports of Cases

2010 II-01895

Subject-matter

Annulment or reduction of the fine imposed on the applicants by Commission Decision C(2004)2826 fin. corr. of 3 September 2004 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/E-1/38.069 – Copper plumbing tubes), concerning a system for the allocation of production volumes and market shares, and also the fixing of objectives and price increases in the European copper plumbing tubes market.

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 -P1 : paragraphs 90, 91, 129
• Regulation 17/62 : paragraph 62
• Regulation 17/62 -A11 : paragraphs 167, 168
• Regulation 17/62 -A15P2 : paragraph 59
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31996Y0718(01) : paragraphs 59, 164
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31996Y0718(01) -PTD : paragraph 185
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) : paragraphs 33, 59 - 62, 92, 101, 141 - 144, 177, 179
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -A01LF : paragraph 128
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT1LA : paragraph 119
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT3T3 : paragraph 152
• Regulation 1/2003 : paragraph 62
• Regulation 1/2003 -A18 : paragraph 168
• Regulation 1/2003 -A23P2 : paragraph 59
• Regulation 1/2003 -A23P3 : paragraph 96
• Decision 2006/485 : paragraphs 12, 13
• Decision 2006/485 -C17 : paragraph 120
• Decision 2006/485 -C306 : paragraph 134
• Decision 2006/485 -C308 : paragraph 134
• Decision 2006/485 -C326 : paragraph 132
• Decision 2006/485 -C459 : paragraph 108
• Decision 2006/485 -C461 : paragraph 96
• Decision 2006/485 -C601 : paragraph 59
• Decision 2006/485 -C689 : paragraph 97
• Decision 2006/485 -C690 : paragraph 111
• Decision 2006/485 -C803 : paragraphs 163, 167
• Decision 2006/485 -C804 : paragraph 163
• Decision 2006/485 -C805 : paragraph 163
• Decision 2006/485 -C806 : paragraph 163
• Decision 2006/485 -C807 : paragraph 163
• Decision 2006/485 -C842 : paragraph 59
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/92 : paragraphs 91, 92, 100
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -199/92 : paragraph 130
• General Court - Judgment T -295/94 : paragraph 91
• General Court - Judgment T -311/94 : paragraph 161
• General Court - Judgment T -338/94 : paragraph 161
• General Court - Judgment T -41/96 : paragraph 129
• General Court - Judgment T -17/99 : paragraph 72
• General Court - Judgment T -28/99 : paragraph 93
• General Court - Judgment T -67/00 : paragraph 64
• General Court - Judgment T -368/00 : paragraph 64
• General Court - Judgment T -203/01 : paragraphs 71, 141
• General Court - Judgment T -241/01 : paragraph 63
• General Court - Judgment T -62/02 : paragraph 72
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/02 : paragraphs 61, 62, 72, 92
• General Court - Judgment T -259/02 : paragraph 168
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -397/03 : paragraph 60
• General Court - Judgment T -99/04 : paragraphs 91, 92
• General Court - Judgment T -101/05 : paragraph 151
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -328/05 : paragraph 162
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -3/06 : paragraph 64

Operative part

• Modifies : Decision 2006/485 -A02LD

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 21/01/2005

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

19/05/2010

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 82 from 02.04.2005, p.36

Judgment: OJ C 179 from 03.07.2010, p.31

Name of the parties

Chalkor v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Idot, Laurence: Entente horizontale, Europe 2010 Juillet Comm. nº 244 p.26-27
2. Arhel, Pierre: Activité des juridictions communautaires en droit de la concurrence (avril-mai 2010), Petites affiches. La Loi / Le Quotidien juridique 2010 nº 142 p.13-16
3. Barbier de La Serre, Éric: Illégalité dans la hausse, égalité à la baisse, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2010 nº 24 p.56-57

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

• Competition
  
• - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
  
• - Concerted practices
  

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

• Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds
  
• Appeal brought against a sanction : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

huitième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Wahl

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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