Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014 — H&R ChemParm v Commission

(Case T-551/08) ¹

(Competition — Agreements — Paraffin waxes market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price fixing — Proof of the infringement — 2006 Guidelines for calculating the amount of fines — Reference period — Calculation of the value of sales — Gravity of the infringement — Cartel during the period of the infringement — Equal treatment — Proportionality)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: H&R ChemParm GmbH (Salzbergen, Germany) (represented by: initially M. Klusmann, lawyer, and S. Thomas, professor, then M. Klusmann)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Antoniadis and R. Sauer, Agents)

Re:

Primarily, an application for annulment of Commission Decision C (2008) 5476 final of 1 October 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/39.181 — Candle Waxes), in that it concerns the applicant, and, in the alternative, an application for a reduction of the amount of the fine imposed on it.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders H&R ChemPharm GmbH to bear its own costs and those incurred by the European Commission;

Orders H&R ChemPharm GmbH to refund the General Court the sum of EUR 10 000 under Article 90(a) of its Rules of Procedure.

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¹ OJ C 55, 7.3.2009.