Reports of Cases
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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).
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3 Legal proceedings
3.02 Actions for annulment
3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
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3 Legal proceedings
3.02 Actions for annulment
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3 Legal proceedings
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.08 Competition
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4.08.05.04 Examination by the Commission
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.08 Competition
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4.08.05.03 Assessment of compatibility with the internal market
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
2.05.06 Statement of reasons
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4.08 Competition
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Citations of case-law or legislation
References in grounds of judgment
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TFEU, Article 107
: paragraph 48
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TFEU, Article 108
: paragraph 48
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TFEU, Article 108
-P2 : paragraph 43
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TFEU, Article 263
-L4 : paragraph 33
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TFEU, Article 296
: paragraphs 26, 96, 108, 111
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Regulation 139/2004
: paragraphs 27, 48, 93, 116
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Regulation 139/2004
-A02 : paragraphs 26, 45, 46, 59, 60, 115
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Regulation 139/2004
-A06 : paragraphs 26, 46, 50, 139
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Regulation 139/2004
-A06P1 : paragraph 45
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Regulation 139/2004
-A06P1LC : paragraph 49
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Regulation 139/2004
-A08 : paragraphs 43 - 46, 50
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Regulation 139/2004
-C35 : paragraph 46
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Commission - Other Acts - 52004XC0205(02)
: paragraph 60
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Commission - Other Acts - 52004XC0205(02)
-P8 : paragraph 61
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Commission - Other Acts - 52004XC0205(02)
-P17 : paragraph 65
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Commission - Other Acts - 52008XC1018(03)
-P11 : paragraph 115
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Commission - Other Acts - 52008XC1018(03)
-P92 : paragraph 115
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Commission - Other Acts - 52008XC1018(03)
-P93 : paragraph 115
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -25/62
: paragraph 34
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -16/65
: paragraph 109
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -85/82
: paragraph 37
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -53/85
: paragraph 35
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -152/88
: paragraph 34
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -350/88
: paragraph 109
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -313/90
: paragraph 40
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General Court - Judgment T -114/92
: paragraph 108
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General Court - Judgment T -3/93
: paragraph 34
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -367/95
: paragraphs 108, 109
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General Court - Judgment T -102/96
: paragraphs 35, 118
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General Court - Judgment T -342/99
: paragraph 118
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General Court - Judgment T -158/00
: paragraph 38
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -42/01
: paragraph 108
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General Court - Judgment T -210/01
: paragraph 62
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General Court - Judgment T -5/02
: paragraph 116
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General Court - Judgment T -119/02
: paragraph 49
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -12/03
: paragraphs 50, 117
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General Court - Judgment T -177/04
: paragraphs 35 - 37
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General Court - Judgment T -87/05
: paragraph 62
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -390/06
: paragraph 108
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -413/06
: paragraphs 47, 108, 109, 117
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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
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
- Idot, Laurence: Concentrations dans le secteur des nouvelles technologies, Europe 2014 Février Com. nº 2 p.37-38 (FR)
- 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)
- Babirad, Robert Miklos: Cisco Systems and Messagenet v Commission, European Competition Law Review 2014 p.256-260 (EN)
- de Jong, Maarten: Microsoft/Skype: Gerecht oordeelt over concentratie op een innovatieve markt, Markt & Mededinging 2014 p.110-115 (NL)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Skubic, Zoran: Zakaj Microsoftov prevzem Skypa ne nasprotuje pravu EU, Pravna praksa 2014 nº 1 p.24-25 (SL)
- 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
Language(s) of the Opinion
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