Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014 — Tudapetrol Mineralölerzeugnisse Nils Hansen v Commission
(Case T-550/08) 1
(Competition — Agreements — Paraffin waxes market — Coordination and price increases — Price fixing — 2006 Guidelines for calculating the amount of fines —— Rights of the defence — Proof of the infringement — Limitation)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Tudapetrol Mineralölerzeugnisse Nils Hansen KG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: U. Itzen, J. Ziebarth, lawyers, and S. Thomas, professor)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Antoniadis and R. Sauer, Agents)
Re:
Principally, 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 reduction of the amount of the fine imposed on the applicant.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Tudapetrol Mineralölerzeugnisse Nils Hansen KG to bear its own costs and those incurred by the European Commission, including those incurred in the proceedings for interim measures.
________________________1 OJ C 55, 7.3.2009.