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Subject-matter

Annulment of Commission Decision C (2008) 3435 final of 16 July 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C2/38.698 – CISAC) concerning a concerted practice relating to the conditions governing the administration of rights to the public performance of musical works and the granting of corresponding licences by collecting societies and which take the form of restrictions on membership applied in the reciprocal representation agreements as contained in the model contract of the Conféderation Internationale des Sociétés d'Auteurs et Compositeurs – International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers – CISAC) or the application of the restrictions on membership.

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 -P1 : paragraphs 57 - 181
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 -P1LC : paragraph 60
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 -P3 : paragraph 100
• Regulation 17/62 : paragraph 106
• Directive 93/83 : paragraph 115
• Regulation 1/2003 -A02 : paragraph 85
• Regulation 1/2003 -A24P1LA : paragraph 90
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/69 : paragraph 71
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -1/71 : paragraph 71
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -243/83 : paragraph 120
• General Court - Judgment T -29/83 : paragraph 94
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -89/85 : paragraphs 64, 94
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -395/87 : paragraphs 70, 133, 134
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -110/88 : paragraphs 70, 133, 134
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/92 : paragraph 85
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -199/92 : paragraph 87
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -235/92 : paragraph 87
• General Court - Judgment T -9/93 : paragraph 71
• General Court - Judgment T -305/94 : paragraphs 94, 99, 116
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -176/95 : paragraph 64
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -185/95 : paragraph 85
• General Court - Judgment T -185/96 : paragraph 91
• General Court - Judgment T -59/99 : paragraph 120
• General Court - Judgment T -241/01 : paragraph 60
• General Court - Judgment T -44/02 : paragraphs 86, 91, 92, 104
• General Court - Judgment T -49/02 : paragraph 60
• General Court - Judgment T -450/05 : paragraph 63
• General Court - Judgment T -11/06 : paragraphs 86, 87, 91, 92
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -8/08 : paragraphs 61 - 63
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -407/08 : paragraphs 93, 135
• General Court - Judgment T -348/08 : paragraph 85
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -521/09 : paragraph 142
• E2010J0015 : paragraph 89

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 24/09/2008

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

12/04/2013

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 313 from 06.12.2008, p.38

Order: OJ C 69 from 21.03.2009, p.38

Judgment: OJ C 156 from 01.06.2013, p.27

Name of the parties

Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Lalot, laure: Absence d'entente entre des sociétés de gestion collective européennes faute de preuves suffisantes, Revue Lamy droit des affaires 2013 nº 82 p.42-43 (FR)
2. Roset, Sébastien: Preuve de pratiques concertées et gestion collective des droits d'auteur, Europe 2013 Juin Comm. nº 269 p.29-30 (FR)
3. Abenhaïm, M.: La jurisprudence de la Cour de justice et du Tribunal de l'Union européenne. Chronique des arrêts. Concurrence - Décision d'interdiction sans sanction et garanties propres à la « matière pénale ». Arrêts « CISAC », Revue du droit de l'Union européenne 2013 nº 2 p.347-353 (FR)
4. Jalabert-Doury, Nathalie: Pratiques concertées : Le Tribunal de l’Union européenne annule partiellement la décision CISAC de la Commission européenne du 16 juillet 2008, pour défaut de preuve de pratiques concertées relatives à des exclusivités territoriales (Sociétés de gestion collective), Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2013 nº 3 p.67-70 (FR)
5. Gotzen, Frank: Les licences multiterritoriales entre le juge et le législateur. Des affaires « CISAC » à la directive 2014/26, Revue internationale du droit d'auteur 2014 nº 241 p.95-159 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

• Competition
  
• - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
  
• - Concerted practices
  
• Culture
  

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 : application granted
  
• Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds
  

Formation of the Court

sixième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Kanninen

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

• Finnish
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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