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... n infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Fines — Value of purchases — Point 37 of the Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Evidence of the infringement — Concept of single or repeated infringement — Duration of the infringement — Interruption of participation in the infringement – Restriction of competition by object — Mitigating circumstances — Unlimited jurisdiction)

In Case T‑240/17,

Campine NV, established in Beerse (Belgium),

Campine Recycling NV, established in Beerse,

represented by C. Verdonck, S. De Cock, Q. Silvestre and B. Gielen, lawyers,

applicants,

v

European Commission, represented by F. van Schaik, S. Baches Opi and M. Farley, acting as Agents,

defendant,

APPLICATION based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking annulment of Commission Decision C(2017) 900 final of 8 February 2017 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU (Case AT.40018 — Car battery recycling), in so far as it concerns the applicants, or, in the alternative, cancellation or a reduction of the amount of the fine imposed on the applicants in that decision,

THE GENERAL COURT (Eighth Chamber),

composed of A.M. Collins (Rapporteur), President, M. Kancheva and R. Barents, Judges,

Registrar: N. Schall, Administrator,

having regard to the written part of the procedure and further to the hearing on 21 November 2018,

gives the following

Judgment

I. Background to the dispute

1. Campine NV and Campine Recycling NV (together ‘the applicants’ or ‘Campine’) are companies established in Belgium, which are active in the production ...