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Subject-matter

Appeal brought against the judgment delivered by the General Court (Sixth Chamber, Extended Composition) on 16 June 2011 in Case T235/07 Bavaria v Commission by which the General Court annulled Article 1 of Commission Decision C(2007) 1697 of 18 April 2007 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] (Case COMP/B/37.766 – Dutch beer market) in so far as the European Commission found that Bavaria NV had participated in an infringement consisting in the occasional coordination of commercial conditions, other than prices, offered to individual consumers in the on-trade segment in the Netherlands

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 : paragraph 2
• TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A58L1 : paragraphs 23, 27, 93, 94
• TFEU, Article 256 -P1L2 : paragraphs 23, 27, 93, 94
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) : paragraph 3
• Regulation 1/2003 -A23P2 : paragraphs 2, 53
• Regulation 1/2003 -A23P3 : paragraphs 2, 53
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (2012) -A169P2 : paragraphs 27, 93, 94
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (2012) -A170L1 : paragraph 98
• Commission - Other Acts - 52008XC0520(01) : paragraphs 1 - 127
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -18/91 : paragraph 98
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -1/98 : paragraph 98
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -352/98 : paragraph 94
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -238/99 : paragraphs 77, 123
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -204/00 : paragraph 95
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/02 : paragraphs 55, 59, 74
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -397/03 : paragraph 24
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -551/03 : paragraph 23
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -113/04 : paragraph 77
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -68/05 : paragraph 99
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -125/07 : paragraph 54
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -322/07 : paragraph 53
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -425/07 : paragraph 51
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -534/07 : paragraph 59
• General Court - Judgment T -235/07 : paragraphs 1 - 127
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -413/08 : paragraph 27
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -54/09 : paragraph 51
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -352/09 : paragraphs 23, 24
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -401/09 : paragraph 93
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -480/09 : paragraph 99
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -47/10 : paragraph 28
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -264/11 : paragraph 100

Operative part

• Confirms : General Court - Judgment T -235/07

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 26/08/2011

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

19/12/2012

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 340 from 19.11.2011, p.8

Judgment: OJ C 46 from 16.02.2013, p.9

Name of the parties

Bavaria v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Idot, Laurence: De la difficulté de se couler dans le moule du pourvoi... en matière de cartels. Rejet des pourvois les affaires dites du cartel de la bière et du tabac brut, Europe 2013 Février Comm. nº 2 p.39 (FR)
2. Robin, Catherine: Entente de prix sur le marché néerlandais de la bière, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2013 nº 35 p.27 (FR)
3. Barbier de la Serre, Eric: Incidents de procédure et niveau des amendes, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2013 nº 35 p.94 (FR)
4. Appeldoorn, J.F.: S.E.W. ; Sociaal-economische wetgeving 2013 p.502-504 (NL)

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
  
• Action for damages
  
• Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds
  
• Appeals : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
  

Formation of the Court

septième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Silva de Lapuerta

Advocate General

Jääskinen

Language(s) of the Case

• Dutch
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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