Length of participation in the infringement : The General Court invites the Commission to use its margin of appreciation in order to apply the multiplying coefficient proportionally to the length of the infringement and reduces, but only marginally, the fine of one of the companies that took part in the candle wax cartel (Total Raffinage Marketing)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. TEU, 13 September 2013, Judgment in Case T-548/08 (Total SA v Commission) On 13 September 2013, the General Court of the European Union delivered two judgments in the candle wax cartel case. It is recalled that the Commission had imposed fines totalling EUR 676 million on 9 groups - ENI, ExxonMobil, Hansen & Rosenthal, Tudapetrol, MOL, Repsol, Sasol, RWE and Total - for participating in a cartel on the paraffin waxes market in the European Economic Area (EEA) between 1992 and 2005, following Shell's withdrawal from the cartel. In those two judgments, the Court of First Instance confirms all the objections raised by the Commission against Total