28In those circumstances, the interpretation by the Court of First Instance of Article 15(2) of Regulation No 17 cannot be regarded as contrary to the principle of legality, because the appellants, to which the anticompetitive actions of Finnboard were attributed, received a fine under that article for an infringement which, as a result of that attribution of liability, they themselves are deemed to have committed. That explains why, contrary to the appellants' submissions, the circumstances peculiar to them were taken into consideration by the Commission, as the Court of First Instance moreover found in paragraph 10 of the contested judgment. It also explains why the appellants were addressees of the statement of objections, and it has not been established that they were unable to defend themselves against those objections.
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