221In relation to, in the third place, the complaint of an infringement of the duty to state reasons, it is settled case-law, as regards the determination of fines for infringements of competition law, that the Commission fulfils its obligation to state reasons where it indicates, in its decision, the factors on the basis of which the gravity and duration of the infringement were assessed, and is not required to include in it a more detailed account or the figures relating to the method of calculating the fines (see Case T-68/04 SGL Carbon v Commission [2008] ECR II-2511, paragraph 31 and case-law cited). It is clear that such information on the gravity and duration of the applicants’ conduct, while relating primarily to the determination of the amount of the fine, is also such as to permit an understanding of why the Commission considered that it was appropriate to impose a fine. Accordingly, since the contested decision contains, in recitals 350 to 370, the necessary assessment factors, that complaint must be rejected.
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