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Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 30 September 2003 in Case T-203/01: Manufacture française des pneumatiques Michelin v Commission of the European Communities ¹

(Article 82 EC - System of discounts - Abuse of dominant position)    

    (Language of the case: French)

In Case T-203/01: Manufacture française des pneumatiques Michelin, established in Clermont-Ferrand (France), represented by J.-F. Bellis, M. Wellinger, D. Waelbroeck and M. Johnsson, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg, against Commission of the European Communities (Agents: initially É. Gippini Fournier and A. Barav, subsequently R. Wainwright and A. Barav), supported by Bandag Inc., established in Muscatine, Iowa (United States of America), represented by H. Calvet and R. Saint-Esteben, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg - application for annulment of the Commission Decision of 20 June 2001 (Case COMP/E-2/36.041/PO - Michelin) relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 82 EC (OJ 2002, L 143, p. 1) - the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber), composed of K. Lenaerts, President, J. Azizi and M. Jaeger, Judges; J. Plingers, Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 30 September 2003, in which it:

1.Dismisses the application.

    2.Orders the applicant to bear its own costs and pay those of the Commission.

    3.Orders Bandag Inc. to bear its own costs.

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¹ - OJ No C 331 of 24.11.01