Fines: The ECJ confirms the lawfulness of the Commission’s Guidelines and breaks new ground as regards non-retroactivity (Dansk Rørindustri)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – ECJ, 28 June 2005, Dansk Rørindustri a. o. v. Commission, Joined cases C-189/02 P, C-202/02 P, C-205/02 P to C-208/02 P and C-213/02 P Another judgment marking the end point of a cartel case is that handed down on appeal by the Grand Chamber of the ECJ in the Pre-insulated pipes case. The judgments handed down by the CFI in this case (CFI, 4th paragraph, 20 March 2002, HFB and others v. Commission, Case T 9/99, ECR p. II 1487. - Brugg Rohrsysteme v. Commission, Case T 15/99, ECR p. II 1613. - Lögstör Rör v Commission, Case T 16/99, ECR II 1633. - KE KELIT v Commission, Case T 17/99 [1999] ECR II 1647. - LR AF 1998 v Commission, Case T 23/99 [1998] ECR II