16.11.2013
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 336/14
Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 — Repsol Lubricantes y Especialidades and Others v Commission
(Case T-496/07) (1)
(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Spanish market for penetration bitumen - Annual market-sharing and price-fixing agreements - Rights of defence - Imputability of the unlawful conduct - Principle that penalties must be specific to the offender - Calculation of the amount of the fine - Res judicata)
2013/C 336/28
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicants: Repsol Lubricantes y Especialidades, SA, formerly Repsol Lubricantes YPF y Especialidades, SA (Madrid, Spain); Repsol Petróleo, SA (Madrid); and Repsol, SA, formerly Repsol YPF, SA (Madrid) (represented by: L. Ortiz Blanco, J. Buendía Sierra, M. Muñoz de Juan and Á. Givaja Sanz, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and C. Urraca Caviedes, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2007) 4441 final of 3 October 2007 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] (Case COMP-38.710 Bitumen (Spain)), and for reduction in the amount of the fine imposed on the applicant in that decision.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Dismisses the claim of the European Commission seeking an increase of the amount of the fine;
3.
Orders Repsol Lubricantes y Especialidades, SA, Repsol Petróleo, SA and Repsol, SA to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 64, 8.3.2008.
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