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Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 December 2005 - Brouwerij Haacht v Commission

(Case T-48/02) 1

(Competition - Cartels - Fines - Guidelines on the method of setting fines -Effective capacity of the offender to cause significant damage to other operators - Attenuating circumstances - Leniency Notice)

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Applicant: Brouwerij Haacht NV (Boortmeerbeek, Belgium) (represented by: Y. van Gerven, F. Louis and H. Viaene, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: A. Bouquet and W. Wils, Agents)

Application for

annulment of, and in the alternative for a reduction in the fine imposed on the applicant by, Article 4 of Commission Decision 2003/569/EC of 5 December 2001 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty (Case IV/37.614/F3 PO/Interbrew and Alken-Maes) (OJ 2003 L 200, p. 1)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the application;

Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

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1 - OJ C 109, 4.5.2002.