Reports of Cases

2004 II-04463

Subject-matter

Annul the Commission Decision of 24 March 2004 in proceedings regarding the application of Article 82 of the EC Treaty (Case COMP/C-3/37.792 Microsoft), concerning competition conditions in the markets of work group server operating systems and multimedia players or, in the alternative, annul or reduce the fine imposed on the applicant

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 82 : paragraphs 198, 202, 205, 213, 217, 291, 390, 391, 397, 400 - 403
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 225 -P1 : paragraph 70
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 242 : paragraph 70
• Treaty of Nice 2001 - Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice -A40L2 : paragraph 77
• Treaty of Nice 2001 - Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice -A53L1 : paragraph 77
• Directive 91/250 : paragraphs 213, 219
• Directive 91/250 -A06 : paragraph 212
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A104P2 : paragraph 71
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A107P1 : paragraph 73
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A109 : paragraph 325
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A115P2 : paragraph 77
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A116P2 : paragraph 75
• General Court - Practice Directions to Parties (2002) -PT7P1 : paragraph 86
• General Court - Practice Directions to Parties (2002) -PT7P2 : paragraph 88
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -85/76 : paragraph 398
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -44/79 : paragraph 409
• Court of Justice - Order C -310/85 : paragraph 240
• Court of Justice - Order C -112/88 : paragraph 416
• Court of Justice - Order C -76/89 : paragraph 251
• Court of Justice - Order C -51/90 : paragraph 257
• Court of Justice - Order C -356/90 : paragraph 240
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -241/91 : paragraphs 207, 221
• Court of Justice - Order C -213/91 : paragraphs 413, 435
• Court of Justice - Order C -280/93 : paragraphs 241, 427
• General Court - Order T -41/96 : paragraphs 293, 294
• Court of Justice - Order C -268/96 : paragraphs 71, 73
• Court of Justice - Order C -393/96 : paragraph 72
• General Court - Judgment T -228/97 : paragraph 398
• General Court - Order T -44/98 : paragraph 240
• General Court - Order T -73/98 : paragraph 272
• Court of Justice - Order C -159/98 : paragraph 73
• General Court - Judgment T -219/99 : paragraph 400
• General Court - Order T -13/99 : paragraph 240
• Court of Justice - Order C -335/99 : paragraphs 241, 427
• Court of Justice - Order C -445/00 : paragraph 71
• Court of Justice - Order C -471/00 : paragraph 319
• General Court - Judgment T -203/01 : paragraph 400
• General Court - Order T -53/01 : paragraphs 413, 435
• General Court - Order T -151/01 : paragraph 240
• General Court - Order T -184/01 : paragraphs 251, 293, 295
• General Court - Order T -306/01 : paragraphs 87, 88
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -418/01 : paragraphs 206 - 208, 221, 249, 250
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -184/02 : paragraph 409
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -371/02 : paragraph 469
• General Court - Order T -369/03 : paragraph 319

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 25/06/2004

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

22/12/2004

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Order: OJ C 69 from 19.03.2005, p.16

Name of the parties

Microsoft v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Prieto, Catherine: Revue des affaires européennes 2003-04 p.705-712
2. Bartosch, Andreas: Der Zugang zu einer wesentlichen Einrichtung - eine Zwischenbilanz nach dem Beschluss des EuG-Präsidenten vom 22.12.2004 in der Rechtssache Microsoft, Recht der internationalen Wirtschaft 2005 p.241-247
3. Thyri, Peter: Immaterialgüterrechte und Zugang zur wesentlichen Einrichtung, Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb 2005 p.388-399
4. Mastrantonio, Giuseppe: Tra mito ed antitrust: il caso Microsoft all'indomani dell'ordinanza del Tribunale CE, Rivista di diritto industriale 2005 nº 2 p.173-184
5. Vinje, Thomas ; Dodoo, Ninette: Microsoft v. EC: In the European Courts. Analysis and Implications of the Court of First Instance's Order Against Microsoft, Computer und Recht: International 2005 p. 97-102
6. Völcker, Sven B. ; O'Daly, Cormac: Implications of the Court of First Instance's Microsoft order, Competition Law Insight 2005 Vol. 4 p.8-10
7. Am Ende, Moritz: Kommission gegen Microsoft: Von Windmühlen - Teil 1 des Microsoft-Falles, European Law Reporter 2005 p.303-306
8. Little, Cormac: European Court rejects Microsoft's application for suspension of remedies, Competition Law Insight 2005 Vol. 4 Issue 1 p.15-16
9. Langer, J.: Actualiteiten mededingingsrecht 2005 p.13-14
10. Prieto, Catherine: Chronique de jurisprudence du Tribunal et de la Cour de justice des Communautés européennes, Journal du droit international 2005 p.441-446
11. Sélinsky, Véronique: Stratégies de conquête du marché dans les secteurs à haute technologie et mesures correctives appropriées, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2005 nº 2 p.21-25
12. Idot, Laurence: Procédure, Europe 2005 Février Comm. nº 57 p.22-23
13. Nebbia, Paolisa: The Notion of "Urgency" in Interim Proceedings Concerning Competition Law: Some Thoughts After the Microsoft Order, European Competition Law Review 2007 p.271-277
14. Moritz, Hans-Werner: Der EU Microsoft Fall - Auswirkungen auf global agierende High Tech Unternehmen, Inseln der Vernunft - Liber Amicorum für Jochen Schneider - Zum 65. Geburtstag 2008 p.125-130

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

• Competition
  
• - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
  
• - Dominant position
  

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
  
• Appeal brought against a sanction
  
• Application to suspend adoption or stay execution or application for interim measures : dismissal on substantive grounds
  
• Application for leave to intervene : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

président du Tribunal (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Legal

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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