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Commission of the European Communities v SGL Carbon AG (C-301/04)
Judgment
The appeal
First part: the request for informatio…
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Commission of the European Communities v SGL Carbon AG (C-301/04)

Judgment of 29 Jun 2006law://eu/cjeu/2004/c-301-04/para_42@2026-11-12

42By contrast, the situation is completely different where the Commission seeks to obtain answers from an undertaking which is being investigated by which that undertaking would be led to admit an infringement which it is incumbent upon the Commission to prove (see Orkem v Commission, paragraph 35).

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-301/04 · ECLI:EU:C:2006:432
Decided: 29 Jun 2006
Procedure: Appeal
Ruled invalid: 62001TJ0236
Applicant: Commission of the European Communities
Defendants: SGL Carbon AG; Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd and 5 more
Nippon Carbon Co. Ltd; Showa Denko KK; GrafTech International Ltd; SEC Corp.; The Carbide/Graphite Group Inc.
Rapporteur: R. Silva de Lapuerta
Advocate General: L.A. Geelhoed
Bench: 5 judges
C.W.A. Timmermans, R. Silva de Lapuerta, P. Kūris, G. Arestis, J. Klučka
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62004CJ0301

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Interprets 1: Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd and Others v Commission of the European Communities (T-236/01, T-239/01, T-244/01, T-245/01, T-246/01, T-251/01, T-252/01)
Cited by 15: DB v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) (C-481/19)2 provisions; Qualcomm, Inc. and Qualcomm Europe, Inc. v European Commission (C-466/19 P); Qualcomm, Inc. and Qualcomm Europe, Inc. v European Commission (T-371/17); FSL Holdings and Others v European Commission (T-655/11)2 provisions; Energetický a průmyslový holding a.s. and EP Investment Advisors s.r.o. v European Commission (T-272/12)2 provisions; Buzzi Unicem SpA v European Commission (T-297/11)2 provisions; HeidelbergCement AG v European Commission (T-302/11); Almamet GmbH Handel mit Spänen und Pulvern aus Metall v European Commission (T-410/09); Slovak Telekom a.s. v European Commission (T-458/09, T-171/10)2 provisions; Deltafina SpA v European Commission (T-12/06)2 provisions; Lafarge SA v Commission of the European Communities (T-54/03); BPB plc v Commission of the European Communities (T-53/03); BASF AG and UCB SA v Commission of the European Communities (T-101/05, T-111/05)2 provisions; William Prym GmbH & Co. KG and Prym Consumer GmbH & Co. KG v Commission of the European Communities (T-30/05); Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG and Others v Commission of the European Communities (T-259/02, T-260/02, T-261/02, T-262/02, T-263/02, T-264/02, T-271/02)2 provisions
Cites 7: Emesa Sugar (Free Zone) NV v Aruba (C-17/98); Limburgse Vinyl Maatschappij NV (LVM), DSM NV and DSM Kunststoffen BV, Montedison SpA, Elf Atochem SA, Degussa AG, Enichem SpA, Wacker-Chemie GmbH and Hoechst AG and Imperial Chemical Industries plc (ICI) v Commission of the European Communities (C-238/99 P, C-244/99 P, C-245/99 P, C-247/99 P, C-250/99 P, C-251/99 P, C-252/99 P, C-254/99 P); Orkem v Commission of the European Communities (374/87); 2002/271/EC: Commission Decision of 18 July 2001 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Case COMP/E-1/36.490 — Graphite electrodes (Text with EEA relevance.)(notified under document number C(2001) 1986); EEC Council: Regulation No 17: First Regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty; Dansk Rørindustri A/S, Isoplus Fernwärmetechnik Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH and Others, KE KELIT Kunststoffwerk GmbH, LR af 1998 A/S, Brugg Rohrsysteme GmbH, LR af 1998 (Deutschland) GmbH and ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd v Commission of the European Communities (C-189/02 P, C-202/02 P, C-205/02 P, C-206/02 P, C-207/02 P, C-208/02 P, C-213/02 P); Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd and Others v Commission of the European Communities (T-236/01, T-239/01, T-244/01, T-245/01, T-246/01, T-251/01, T-252/01)