Judgment of the General Court of 15 July 2015 — Socitrel v Commission
(Cases T-413/10 and T-414/10) 1
(Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European prestressing steel market — Price fixing, market sharing and exchanging of sensitive commercial information — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Reasonable time)
Language of the case: Portuguese
Parties
Applicants: Socitrel — Sociedade Industrial de Trefilaria, SA (Trofa, Portugal) (represented by: F. Proença de Carvalho and T. Faria, lawyers) (Case T-413/10); and Companhia Previdente — Sociedade de Controle de Participações Financeiras, SA (Lisbon, Portugal) (represented by: D. Proença de Carvalho and J. Caimoto Duarte, lawyers) (Case T-414/10)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, P. Costa de Oliveira and V. Bottka, Agents, and M. Marques Mendes, lawyer)
Re:
Application for annulment and alteration of Commission Decision C(2010) 4387 final of 30 June 2010 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (case COMP/38344 — Prestressing Steel), amended by Commission Decision C(2010) 6676 final of 30 September 2010, and by Commission Decision C(2011) 2269 final of 4 April 2011.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Joins Cases T-413/10 and T-414/10 for the purposes of the judgment;
Dismisses the actions;
Orders Socitrel — Sociedade Industrial de Trefilaria, SA and Companhia Previdente — Sociedade de Controle de Participações Financeiras, SA to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission, including those relating to the proceedings for interim measures.
____________1 OJ C 317, 20.11.2010.