Notice for the OJ

 

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 27 July 2005

in Joined Cases T-49/02 to T-51/02 Brassierie nationale SA (formerly Brasseries Funck-Bricher and Bofferding) and Others v Commission of the European Communities ¹

(Cartels - Luxembourg beer market - Fines)

(Language of the case: French)

In Joined Cases T-49/02 to T-51/02: Brassierie nationale SA (formerly Brasseries Funck-Bricher and Bofferding), established in Bascharage (Luxembourg), represented by A. Carnelutti and L. Schiltz, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg, Brasserie Jules Simon et Cie SCS, established in Wiltz (Luxembourg), represented by A. Carnelutti and J. Mosar, lawyers, Brasserie Battin SNC, established in Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg), represented by A. Carnelutti and M. Santini, lawyers, against Commission of the European Communities (Agents: W. Wils and A. Bouquet, with an address for service in Luxembourg) ( application, first, for annulment of Article 1 of Commission Decision 2002/759/EC of 5 December 2001 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty (Case COMP/37.800/F3 - Luxembourg Brewers) (OJ 2002 L 253, p. 21), in so far as it concerns the applicants, and, second, principally, annulment of Article 2 of that decision in so far as it imposes fines on the applicants and, in the alternative, a substantial reduction in the amount of those fines ( the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber), composed of A.W.H. Meij, President, N.J. Forwood and I. Pelikánová, Judges; I. Natsinas, Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 27 July 2005, in which it:

Dismisses the application;

Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

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¹ - . OJ C 109 of 4.05.02.