Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 30 April 2009.

Nintendo Co., Ltd and Nintendo of Europe GmbH v Commission of the European Communities.

Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for Nintendo video games consoles and games cartridges - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Limitation of parallel exports - Fines - Deterrent effect - Duration of the infringement - Aggravating circumstances - Role of leader or instigator - Attenuating circumstances - Cooperation during the administrative procedure.

Case T-13/03.


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
20/06/2009 Nintendo and Nintendo of Europe v Commission
Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
  • Competition
  • - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
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Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2009:131		 30/04/2009 Nintendo and Nintendo of Europe v Commission
Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
  • Competition
  • - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2009:131		 30/04/2009 Nintendo and Nintendo of Europe v Commission
Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
  • Competition
  • - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
22/03/2003 Nintendo and Nintendo of Europe v Commission
Competition
- Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
  • Competition
  • - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
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Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

2009 II-00975

Subject-matter

Cancellation or, in the alternative, reduction of the fine imposed on the applicants by Article 3 of the Commission’s decision of 30 October 2002 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 of the EC Treaty (COMP/35.587 PO Video Games, COMP/35.706 PO Nintendo Distribution and COMP/36.321 Omega – Nintendo doc. C(2002) 4072) concerning a complex of agreements and concerted practices on the market for Nintendo consoles and cartridges for video games compatible with the Nintendo console designed to limit parallel exports of those consoles and cartridges

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-07 Competition
    B-07.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      B-07.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        B-07.03.02.09 Fines
          B-07.03.02.09.02 Determining the amount of the fine
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B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-07 Competition
    B-07.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      B-07.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        B-07.03.02.09 Fines
          B-07.03.02.09.02 Determining the amount of the fine
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B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-07 Competition
    B-07.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      B-07.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        B-07.03.02.09 Fines
          B-07.03.02.09.02 Determining the amount of the fine
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B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-07 Competition
    B-07.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      B-07.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        B-07.03.02.09 Fines
          B-07.03.02.09.02 Determining the amount of the fine
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B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-07 Competition
    B-07.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      B-07.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        B-07.03.02.09 Fines
          B-07.03.02.09.02 Determining the amount of the fine
-
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-07 Competition
    B-07.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      B-07.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        B-07.03.02.09 Fines
          B-07.03.02.09.02 Determining the amount of the fine
-
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-07 Competition
    B-07.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      B-07.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        B-07.03.02.09 Fines
          B-07.03.02.09.02 Determining the amount of the fine
-
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-07 Competition
    B-07.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      B-07.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        B-07.03.02.09 Fines
          B-07.03.02.09.02 Determining the amount of the fine
-
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-07 Competition
    B-07.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      B-07.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        B-07.03.02.09 Fines
          B-07.03.02.09.02 Determining the amount of the fine
-
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-07 Competition
    B-07.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      B-07.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        B-07.03.02.09 Fines
          B-07.03.02.09.02 Determining the amount of the fine
-
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-07 Competition
    B-07.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      B-07.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        B-07.03.02.09 Fines
          B-07.03.02.09.02 Determining the amount of the fine
-
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-07 Competition
    B-07.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      B-07.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        B-07.03.02.09 Fines
          B-07.03.02.09.02 Determining the amount of the fine
-
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-07 Competition
    B-07.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      B-07.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        B-07.03.02.09 Fines
          B-07.03.02.09.02 Determining the amount of the fine
-
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-07 Competition
    B-07.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      B-07.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        B-07.03.02.09 Fines
          B-07.03.02.09.00 General
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A The Community legal order
  A-01 Sources of Community law
    A-01.02 General principles of law
      A-01.02.04 Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 16/01/2003

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

30/04/2009


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 70 from 22.03.2003, p.27

Judgment: OJ C 141 from 20.06.2009, p.37

Name of the parties

Nintendo and Nintendo of Europe v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Calcul des amendes et entente verticale, Europe 2009 Juin Comm. nº 243 p.31-32
  2. Debroux, Michel: Chroniques. Ententes, Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2009 nº 3 p.80-81
  3. Philippe, Jérôme ; Trabucchi, Maria: Jurisprudence du Tribunal de première instance des Communautés européennes, Gazette du Palais 2010 nº 50-51 I Jur. p.20-21



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Competition
  • - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds
  • Appeal brought against a sanction : application granted

Formation of the Court

huitième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Wahl

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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