Principle that penalties must fit the offence: The Tribunal of the European Union confirms most of the Commission’s decision in the cathode ray tubes cartel case, but lowers the fines imposed on two of the participants (Panasonic/Samsung/Toshiba/Philips/LG)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Court of First Instance, 9 September 2015, Cases T-82/13 (Panasonic v. MTPD), T-84/13 (Samsung SDI)T-91/13 (LG Electronics), T-92/13 (Philips) and T-104/13 (Toshiba) On 9 September 2015, the General Court of the Union delivered a series of five judgments in Cases T-82/13 (Panasonic v. MTPD), T-84/13 (Samsung SDI)T-91/13 (LG Electronics)T-92/13 (Philips) and T-104/13 (Toshiba) concerning actions brought by five manufacturers of cathode-ray television picture tubes fined by the Commission, in a decision of 5 December 2012, EUR 1.47 billion (the highest cartel fines ever imposed) for their participation in one or two separate cartels fixing prices, sharing