Luxemburg, 04/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the Court of First Instance (CFI) rejected the appeal by Dutch firm NV Hoeck Loos against the European Commission's 2002 decision sanctioning a Dutch industrial gases cartel (case T-304/02). On 2 July 2002, the Commission fined seven producers of industrial and medical gases a total of €25.72 million for participating in a cartel in the Netherlands between 1993 and 1997. NV Hoeck Loos, which was fined a total of €12.6 million, was...