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17.2.2025
(Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for concrete reinforcing bars - European Commission Decision finding an infringement of Article 65 CS, after expiry of the ECSC Treaty, on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 - Decision taken following the annulment of earlier decisions - New hearing held in the presence of the competition authorities of the Member States - Rights of the defence - Principle of sound administration - Requirement of impartiality - Reasonable time - Obligation to state reasons - Proportionality - Ne bis in idem principle - Plea of illegality - Aggravating circumstances - Repeated infringement - Mitigating circumstances - Equal treatment)
(C/2025/879)
Language of the case: Italian
Appellant: Ferriere Nord SpA (represented by: B. Comparini, G. Donà and W. Viscardini, avvocati)
Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: G. Conte, P. Rossi and C. Sjödin, acting as Agents, and by M. Moretto, avvocato), Council of the European Union (represented by: E. Ambrosini and O. Segnana, acting as Agents)
The Court:
1.Sets aside point 1 of the operative part of the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 9 November 2022, Ferriere Nord v Commission (T-667/19, EU:T:2022:692), in so far as it rejects the complaints of the ninth plea at first instance of Ferriere Nord SpA alleging infringement of the principle of equal treatment;
2.Dismisses the appeal as to the remainder;
3.Annuls Article 2(3) of Commission Decision C(2019) 4969 final of 4 July 2019 relating to an infringement of Article 65 of the ECSC Treaty (Case AT.37956 – Reinforcing bars);
4.Sets the amount of the fine imposed on Ferriere Nord SpA, in Article 2(3) of Decision C(2019) 4969 final, at EUR 2 165 000;
5.Orders Ferriere Nord SpA and the European Commission to bear their own costs of the proceedings at first instance and of the appeal.
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Language of the case: Italian.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/879/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
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(1) OJ C 94, 13.3.2023.
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ECLI:EU:C:2025:140
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