2006/901/EC: Commission Decision of 20 October 2005 relating to a proceeding unde... (32006D0901)
2006/901/EC: Commission Decision of 20 October 2005 relating to a proceeding under Article 81(1) of the EC Treaty (Case COMP/C.38.281/B.2 — Raw tobacco Italy) (notified under document number C(2005) 4012)
- COMMISSION DECISION
- of 20 October 2005
- relating to a proceeding under Article 81(1) of the EC Treaty
- (Case COMP/C.38.281/B.2 — Raw tobacco Italy)
- (notified under document number C(2005) 4012)
- (Only the English and Italian texts are authentic)
- (2006/901/EC)
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Origin of the case and procedure
- 3. Parties
- 3.1. Processors’ side
- 3.2. Producers’ side
- 4. The sector concerned: Italian raw tobacco
- 5. The Regulatory Framework
- 5.1. The CMO for raw tobacco
- 5.2. National legislation
- 6. Practises addressed in the decision
- 6.1. The processors infringement
- 6.2. APTI’s infringement
- 6.3. UNITAB’s infringement
- 7. Legal assessment
- 8. Liability of the mother companies of deltafina, Transcatab and dimon
- 9. Fines
- 9.1. Fines imposed in respect of UNITAB’s and APTI’s infringements
- 9.2. Fines imposed in respect of the processors’ infringement
- 9.2.1.
- Gravity of the processors’ infringement
- 9.2.2.
- Individual weight and deterrence
- 9.2.3.
- Duration of the infringement
- 9.2.4.
- Attenuating circumstances
- 9.2.5.
- Upper limit to the fine
- 9.3. Application of the Leniency Notice
- 9.3.1.
- Deltafina’s application for immunity
- 9.3.2.
- Deltafina’s alternative application for reduction of the fine
- 9.3.3.
- Application of the Leniency Notice to Dimon and Transcatab
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