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Subject-matter

Annulment of Commission Decision C (2011) 7279 final of 7 October 2011 declaring compatible with the internal market the merger transaction involving the acquisition of control of Skype Global Sarl by Microsoft Corporation (Case COMP/M..6281 – Microsoft/Skype).

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• TFEU, Article 107 : paragraph 48
• TFEU, Article 108 : paragraph 48
• TFEU, Article 108 -P2 : paragraph 43
• TFEU, Article 263 -L4 : paragraph 33
• TFEU, Article 296 : paragraphs 26, 96, 108, 111
• Regulation 139/2004 : paragraphs 27, 48, 93, 116
• Regulation 139/2004 -A02 : paragraphs 26, 45, 46, 59, 60, 115
• Regulation 139/2004 -A06 : paragraphs 26, 46, 50, 139
• Regulation 139/2004 -A06P1 : paragraph 45
• Regulation 139/2004 -A06P1LC : paragraph 49
• Regulation 139/2004 -A08 : paragraphs 43 - 46, 50
• Regulation 139/2004 -C35 : paragraph 46
• Commission - Other Acts - 52004XC0205(02) : paragraph 60
• Commission - Other Acts - 52004XC0205(02) -P8 : paragraph 61
• Commission - Other Acts - 52004XC0205(02) -P17 : paragraph 65
• Commission - Other Acts - 52008XC1018(03) -P11 : paragraph 115
• Commission - Other Acts - 52008XC1018(03) -P92 : paragraph 115
• Commission - Other Acts - 52008XC1018(03) -P93 : paragraph 115
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -25/62 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -16/65 : paragraph 109
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -85/82 : paragraph 37
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -53/85 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -152/88 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -350/88 : paragraph 109
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -313/90 : paragraph 40
• General Court - Judgment T -114/92 : paragraph 108
• General Court - Judgment T -3/93 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -367/95 : paragraphs 108, 109
• General Court - Judgment T -102/96 : paragraphs 35, 118
• General Court - Judgment T -342/99 : paragraph 118
• General Court - Judgment T -158/00 : paragraph 38
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -42/01 : paragraph 108
• General Court - Judgment T -210/01 : paragraph 62
• General Court - Judgment T -5/02 : paragraph 116
• General Court - Judgment T -119/02 : paragraph 49
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -12/03 : paragraphs 50, 117
• General Court - Judgment T -177/04 : paragraphs 35 - 37
• General Court - Judgment T -87/05 : paragraph 62
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -390/06 : paragraph 108
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -413/06 : paragraphs 47, 108, 109, 117
• General Court - Judgment T -282/06 : paragraphs 40, 50

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 15/02/2012

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

11/12/2013

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 109 from 14.04.2012, p.31

Judgment: OJ C 31 from 01.02.2014, p.9

Name of the parties

Cisco Systems and Messagenet v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Idot, Laurence: Concentrations dans le secteur des nouvelles technologies, Europe 2014 Février Com. nº 2 p.37-38 (FR)
2. Godfroid, Laurent ; Liu, Jeff: Cisco: General Court's ruling dismissing an appeal against Microsoft / Skype merger, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2014 Vol. 5 nº 3 p.144-146 (EN)
3. Babirad, Robert Miklos: Cisco Systems and Messagenet v Commission, European Competition Law Review 2014 p.256-260 (EN)
4. de Jong, Maarten: Microsoft/Skype: Gerecht oordeelt over concentratie op een innovatieve markt, Markt & Mededinging 2014 p.110-115 (NL)
5. Bary, Laurence: Microsoft/Skype : les parts de marché sont-elles un indicateur pertinent du pouvoir de marché sur internet?, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2014 nº 39 p.17-18 (FR)
6. Kalintiri, Andriani: The standard of proof in phase I merger decisions: the lesson from the Microsoft/Skype appeal, European Competition Law Review 2014 p.279-281 (EN)
7. Graef, Inge: Sneak preview of the future application of European competition law on the Internet?: Cisco and Messagenet, Common Market Law Review 2014 p.1263-1279 (EN)
8. Skubic, Zoran: Zakaj Microsoftov prevzem Skypa ne nasprotuje pravu EU, Pravna praksa 2014 nº 1 p.24-25 (SL)
9. Dumitraşcu, Augustina: Curtea de Justiție a Uniunii Europene, Curierul Judiciar 2014 p.110-111 (RO)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

• Competition
  
• - Concentrations between undertakings
  

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
  

Formation of the Court

quatrième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

van der Woude

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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