Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014 — Hansen & Rosenthal and H & R Wax Company Vertrieb v Commission
(Case T-544/08) 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 — Rights of the defence — Calculation of the value of sales — Gravity of the infringement — No retroactivity — Equal treatment — Proportionality)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicants: Hansen & Rosenthal KG (Hamburg, Germany); and H & R Wax Company Vertrieb GmbH (Hamburg) (represented by: J. Schulte, A. Lober and M. Dallmann, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Antoniadis and R. Sauer, Agents)
Re:
Primarily, 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 applicants, and, in the alternative, an application for a reduction of the amount of the fine imposed on them.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Hansen & Rosenthal KG and H & R Wax Company Vertrieb GmbH to bear their own costs and those incurred by the European Commission.
________________________1 OJ C 55, 7.3.2009.