Judgment_paragraph 82 · SGL Carbon AG v Commission of the European Communities (C-308/04)

82Furthermore, it follows from the case-law (see, inter alia, Limburgse Vinyl Maatschappij and Others v Commission, paragraphs 592 and 593, and Dansk Rørindustri and Others v Commission, paragraph 278) that it is only the final amount of the fine imposed which must comply with that 10 % limit. Consequently, Article 15(2) of Regulation No 17 does not prohibit the Commission from arriving, during the various stages of calculation, at an intermediate amount higher than that limit, provided that the final amount of the fine imposed does not exceed it.