Luxembourg, 08/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - In substance the Court of Justice upholds the 2000 ruling of the EU Court of First Instance which essentially confirmed the decision of the European Commission in 1994 to condemn companies involved in the cement cartel.
Fines imposed by the Commission but greatly reduced by the Court of First Instance were maintained at the level decided by the judges of that court, except for that imposed on Ciments français SA, which the Court of Justice has...