Judgment of the General Court of 27 September 2012 - Total v Commission
(Case T-344/06)
(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Imputability of the unlawful conduct - Fines - Gravity and duration of the infringement)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Total SA (Courbevoie, France) (represented: initially by A. Lamothe, L. Godfroid and A. Gosset-Grainville, and subsequently by A. Lamothe, L. Godfroid and O. Prost, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouquet and F. Castillo de la Torre, Agents)
Re:
Application, principally, for annulment of Commission Decision C(2006) 4090 final of 13 September 2006 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] (Case COMP/F/38.456 - Bitumen (Netherlands)), and, in the alternative, for reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant by that decision.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Total SA to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 20, 27.1.2007.