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Subject-matter

Annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 92/1 of 9 January 2009 ordering Nexans SA and all companies directly or indirectly controlled by it, including Nexans France, to submit to an inspection in accordance with Article 20(4) of Council Regulation No 1/2003 adopted in the context of a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 EC concerning the European market for electric cable and related equipment (Case COMP/39.610-Surge)

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 : paragraphs 99, 119
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 82 : paragraph 99
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 7 : paragraph 40
• TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A21 : paragraphs 112, 113
• Regulation 4064/89 -A08P2 : paragraph 56
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A44P1LC : paragraphs 112, 113
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A47P1 : paragraph 113
• Regulation 1/2003 : paragraph 99
• Regulation 1/2003 -A18P1 : paragraph 124
• Regulation 1/2003 -A18P3 : paragraphs 122 - 124
• Regulation 1/2003 -A20P2 : paragraphs 120, 122, 124
• Regulation 1/2003 -A20P4 : paragraphs 38, 56, 63 - 66, 71, 72, 120, 121
• Regulation 1/2003 -A23P1 : paragraphs 54, 126
• General Court - Instructions to the Registrar (2007) -A05 : paragraphs 103 - 110
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC1208(04) : paragraph 74
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -155/79 : paragraph 128
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -60/81 : paragraphs 115, 116
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -46/87 : paragraphs 41, 62
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -97/87 : paragraphs 39, 42, 44, 69
• General Court - Judgment T -10/92 : paragraph 115
• Court of Justice - Order C -199/94 : paragraph 136
• General Court - Judgment T -305/94 : paragraph 132
• General Court - Judgment T -174/95 : paragraph 108
• General Court - Judgment T -59/99 : paragraph 62
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -94/00 : paragraphs 40, 43
• General Court - Judgment T -151/01 : paragraph 114
• General Court - Judgment T -213/01 : paragraph 116
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -131/03 : paragraph 133
• Court of Justice - Order C -224/03 : paragraph 136
• General Court - Judgment T -125/03 : paragraph 128
• General Court - Judgment T -201/04 : paragraphs 112, 113
• General Court - Judgment T -340/04 : paragraph 44
• General Court - Order T -345/05 : paragraph 108
• General Court - Judgment T -145/06 : paragraph 136

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 07/04/2009

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

14/11/2012

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 141 from 20.06.2009, p.48

Judgment: OJ C 399 from 22.12.2012, p.16

Name of the parties

Nexans France and Nexans v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Picod, Fabrice: Annulation partielle d'une décision d'inspection, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2012 nº 48 p.2154 (FR)
2. Idot, Laurence: Déroulement des inspections sur décision, Europe 2013 Janvier Comm. nº 1 p.39-40 (FR)
3. Laghezza, Angela: From the Nexans judgment to the "next" improvements of the EU dawn raid procedure?, European Competition Law Review 2013 p.214-217 (EN)
4. Probst, Julie ; Lutz, Fabian: La jurisprudence de la Cour de justice et du Tribunal de l'Union européenne. Chronique des arrêts. Arrêt « Nexans », Revue du droit de l'Union européenne 2013 nº 1 p.192-198 (FR)
5. Puel, Frédéric: Nexans: Some Limitations to Inspections Carried Out by the European Commission in the Context of Investigations, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2013 Vol. 4 nº 4 p.312-314 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

• Competition
  

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 grounds of inadmissibility
  
• Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds
  

Formation of the Court

huitième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Kanninen

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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