Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 21 October 2003. General Motors Nederland BV and Opel Nederland BV v Commission of the European Communities. Competition - Distribution of motor vehicles - Article 81 EC - Regulations (EEC) No 123/85 and (EC) No 1475/95 - Partitioning of the market - General strategy aimed at restricting exports - Restriction of supply - Restrictive bonus policy - Ban on exports - Fine - Gravity and duration of the infringement - Proportionality - Guidelines for the calculation of fines. Case T-368/00.

«(Competition – Distribution of motor vehicles – Article 81 EC – Regulations (EEC) No 123/85 and (EC) No 1475/95 – Partitioning of the market – General strategy aimed at restricting exports – Restriction of supply – Restrictive bonus policy – Ban on exports – Fine – Gravity and duration of the infringement – Proportionality – Guidelines for the calculation of fines)»

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Second Chamber)21 October 2003 (1)

((Competition – Distribution of motor vehicles – Article 81 EC – Regulations (EEC) No 123/85 and (EC) No 1475/95 – Partitioning of the market – General strategy aimed at restricting exports – Restriction of supply – Restrictive bonus policy – Ban on exports – Fine – Gravity and duration of the infringement – Proportionality – Guidelines for the calculation of fines))

applicants,

v

defendant,

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

having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 10 December 2002,

gives the following

On those grounds,

THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Second Chamber),

Forwood

Pirrung

Meij

H. Jung

N.J. Forwood

Registrar

President