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Subject-matter

The annulment in part of Decision C(2007) 4257 final of 19 September 2007 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 EC (Case COMP/E-1/39.168 – PO/Metal and plastic haberdashery articles: fasteners), concerning an agreement, decision or concerted practice on the markets for fasteners and application machines and involving the coordination of price increases, the fixing of minimum prices, customer and market sharing and the exchange of other business information and, in the alternative, a reduction in the fine imposed on the applicant

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 : paragraphs 53, 81, 127, 192, 203
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 -P1 : paragraphs 48, 71 - 79, 105
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A48P2 : paragraph 65
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A68P1 : paragraph 42
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT1AL1 : paragraphs 125, 140
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT1AL4 : paragraph 147
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT1AL6 : paragraph 147
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT1AT3 : paragraph 135
• Regulation 1/2003 -A23P2 : paragraphs 192, 204
• Regulation 1/2003 -A23P3 : paragraph 123
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -106/83 : paragraph 214
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -174/89 : paragraph 150
• General Court - Judgment T -7/89 : paragraph 74
• General Court - Judgment T -148/89 : paragraph 78
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/92 : paragraphs 48, 76, 77, 79, 113
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -199/92 : paragraphs 76, 113, 117
• General Court - Judgment T -337/94 : paragraph 57
• General Court - Judgment T -347/94 : paragraph 172
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -185/95 : paragraphs 48, 148, 202
• General Court - Judgment T -185/96 : paragraph 71
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -297/98 : paragraph 170
• General Court - Judgment T -9/99 : paragraphs 74, 75, 79, 192
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -204/00 : paragraphs 80, 113 - 117
• General Court - Judgment T -48/00 : paragraph 172
• General Court - Judgment T -67/00 : paragraphs 53, 55, 57
• General Court - Judgment T -220/00 : paragraph 148
• General Court - Judgment T -203/01 : paragraph 211
• General Court - Judgment T -236/01 : paragraph 140
• General Court - Judgment T -241/01 : paragraph 143
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/02 : paragraphs 124, 170
• General Court - Judgment T -15/02 : paragraph 202
• General Court - Judgment T -38/02 : paragraphs 48, 57, 126, 211, 212
• General Court - Judgment T -49/02 : paragraph 126
• General Court - Judgment T -109/02 : paragraphs 55, 57
• General Court - Judgment T -259/02 : paragraph 172
• General Court - Judgment T -303/02 : paragraphs 116, 214
• General Court - Judgment T -53/03 : paragraphs 78, 105, 211
• General Court - Judgment T -54/03 : paragraphs 54, 55, 57, 58
• General Court - Judgment T -71/03 : paragraph 193
• General Court - Judgment T -410/03 : paragraph 126
• General Court - Judgment T -69/04 : paragraph 126
• General Court - Judgment T -120/04 : paragraphs 54, 58
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -328/05 : paragraphs 124, 165, 170, 171
• General Court - Judgment T -36/05 : paragraph 117
• General Court - Judgment T -44/06 : paragraph 43
• General Court - Judgment T -378/06 : paragraph 151
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -125/07 : paragraph 149

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 07/12/2007

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

27/06/2012

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 51 from 23.02.2008, p.44

Judgment: OJ C 243 from 11.08.2012, p.13

Name of the parties

YKK and Others v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Vaigauskaite, Dovile ; Casagrande, Michele: European Commission: Members of the fasteners cartels fined over Euro 328 million, ÖZK aktuell : Österreichische Zeitschrift für Kartell- und Wettbewerbsrecht 2008 p.75-77 (EN)
2. Cardonnel, Pascal: Droit d’interroger les témoins à charge : Le Tribunal de l’UE déclare que le droit de l’accusé à interroger les témoins à charge est inapplicable aux procédures en matière de concurrence (Coats Holdings, Berning & Söhne, YKK e.a.), Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2012 nº 3 p.192-193 (FR)
3. Idot, Laurence: Cartels et preuve de la participation, Europe 2012 Août-Septembre Comm. nº 8-9 p.39-40 (FR)
4. Bernardeau, Ludovic: Like mother, like daughter, (sauf) en droit de la concurrence ?, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2015 nº 42 p.74-82 (FR)
5. Kopácsi, István: Az Európai Unió Bíróságának ítélete az YKK-ügyben, Versenytükör 2015 01 szám p.81-87 (HU)

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 : dismissal on substantive grounds
  

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Labucka

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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