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Notice for the OJ

 

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 18 July 2005

in Case T-241/01, Scandinavian Airlines System AB v Commission of the European Communities 1

(Competition - Cartel - Air transport - Regulation (EEC) No 3975/87 - Notified agreements - Cooperation beyond the scope of the notification - Market-sharing - Fine - Guidelines for the calculation of fines - Seriousness of the infringement - Notice on the non-imposition or reduction of fines - Attenuating circumstances - Unlimited jurisdiction)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case T-241/01: Scandinavian Airlines System AB, established in Stockholm (Sweden), represented by M. Kofmann, lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg, against Commission of the European Communities (Agents: P. Oliver and W. Wils, with an address for service in Luxembourg) ( application for annulment of Article 2 of Commission Decision 2001/716/EC of 18 July 2001 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 EC and Article 53 EEA (COMP.D.2 37.444 - SAS/Maersk Air and COMP.D.2 37.386 - Sun-Air versus SAS and Maersk Air) (OJ 2001 L 265, p. 15), in so far as it fixes the fine imposed on the applicant at EUR 39 375 000, and, in the alternative, an application for the reduction of that fine ( the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber), composed of J. Azizi, President, M. Jaeger and F. Dehousse, Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 18 July 2005, in which it:

Dismisses the application;

Orders the applicant to pay its own costs and those incurred by the Commission.

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