The EU Court of Justice states that an undertaking that entered into anticompetitive agreements cannot be exempted because of a crisis in the industry (Baustahlgewebe)

Case T-145/89 Baustahlgewebe GmbH v Commission of the European Communities* 1. The legality of a Commission decision taken against an undertaking in a competition case cannot be affected by the Commission's refusal to grant further access to the file or the failure to forward certain documents during the course of the period allowed for an action to be brought where the request for access was made after the decision was taken and thus is a factor subsequent to the adoption of the decision. 2. The market in the different kinds of welded steel mesh (including standard mesh,