Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber), 29 March 2012

Kingdom of Spain v European Commission

Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Spanish broadband internet access markets — Decision finding an infringement of Article 82 EC — Price-fixing — Margin squeeze — Sincere cooperation — Ultra vires application of Article 82 EC — Legal certainty — Protection of legitimate expectations

Case T-398/07


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
27/04/2012 Spain v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2012:173
29/03/2012 Spain v Commission
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2012:173
29/03/2012 Spain v Commission
Application (OJ)
12/01/2008 Spain v Commission
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Annulment of Commission Decision C (2007) 3196 Final of 4 July 2007 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 82 EC (Case COMP/38.784 – Wanadoo España v Telefónica) concerning the unfair prices charged by the applicants on the Spanish broadband access market

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      4.08.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        4.08.03.02.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.00 EU competition rules
      4.08.00.03 Matters covered
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      4.08.03.01 Division of powers between the Commission and the authorities of the Member States
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      4.08.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        4.08.03.02.08 Decision of the Commission
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.02 Dominant position
      4.08.02.04 Abuse of a dominant position
        4.08.02.04.01 Definition of abuse
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.02 Dominant position
      4.08.02.04 Abuse of a dominant position
        4.08.02.04.01 Definition of abuse
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.02 Dominant position
      4.08.02.04 Abuse of a dominant position
        4.08.02.04.02 Examples of abuse
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.02 Dominant position
      4.08.02.04 Abuse of a dominant position
        4.08.02.04.01 Definition of abuse
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.03 Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 31/10/2007

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

29/03/2012


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 8 from 12.01.2008, p.17

Judgment: OJ C 138 from 12.05.2012, p.13

Name of the parties

Spain v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Abus de position dominante, ciseau tarifaire et télécommunications, Europe 2012 Mai Comm. nº 5 p.197 (FR)
  2. Sibony, Anne-Lise ; Marty, Frédéric: Ciseau tarifaire - Compression de marges : Le Tribunal de l’UE donne des précisions sur la mise en œuvre du critère du concurrent aussi efficient en matière de ciseau tarifaire (Telefónica), Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2012 nº 3 p.105-110 (FR)
  3. Virág, Péter: A Telefónica-ügy - avagy az árprésnek is két oldala van?, Versenytükör 2012 1. szám p.52-57 (HU)
  4. Betancor, Andrés: Autoridad de la competencia y reguladores sectoriales en el contexto del mercado con posición de dominio - Ideas y reflexiones a partir de la Sentencia del Tribunal General (Sala Octava) de 29 de marzo de 2012, Asunto T-398/07, España/Comisión, Revista de Derecho de la Competencia y la Distribución 2012 nº 11 p.17-34 (ES)
  5. Borrás, Alegría ; Pellisé, Cristina: Jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea - Derecho de la competencia - Sentencia de 29 de marzo de 2012, Asunto T-336/07, Telefónica, S.A. y Telefónica de España, S.A., c. Comisión de las Comunidades Europeas - Sentencia de 29 de marzo de 2012, Asunto T-398/07, Reino de España c. Comisión de las Comunidades Europeas, Revista Jurídica de Catalunya 2012 nº 3 p.257-261 (ES)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

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

Formation of the Court

huitième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Martins Ribeiro

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • Spanish

Language(s) of the Opinion

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