Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 11 December 2003. Ventouris Group Enterprises SA v Commission of the European Communities. Competition - Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 - Investigations carried out at company premises other than those of the company to which the investigation decision is addressed - Article 85(1) of the EC Treaty (now Article 81(1) EC) - Price-fixing - Proof of infringement - Error of assessment of the facts - Fines - Proportionality - Mitigating circumstances. Case T-59/99.

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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fifth Chamber)11 December 2003 (1)

((Competition – Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 – Investigations carried out at company premises other than those of the company to which the investigation decision is addressed – Article 85(1) of the EC Treaty (now Article 81(1) EC) – Price-fixing – Proof of infringement – Error of assessment of the facts – Fines – Proportionality – Mitigating circumstances))

applicant,

v

defendant,

THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (Fifth Chamber),

having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 2 July 2002,

gives the following

On those grounds,

THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fifth Chamber)

Lindh

García-Valdecasas

Cooke

P. Lindh

Registrar

President