Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2010 - CEAHR v Commission
(Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Abuse of dominant position - Decision rejecting a complaint - Refusal of Swiss watch producers to supply spare parts to independent watch repairers - Community interest - Relevant market - Primary market and after market - Duty to give reasons - Manifest error of assessment)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Confédération européenne des associations d'horlogers-réparateurs (CEAHR) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: P. Mathijsen, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: X. Lewis and F. Ronkes Agerbeek, and subsequently by F. Ronkes Agerbeek and F. Castilla Contreras, Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Richemont International SA (Bellevue, Switzerland) (represented by J. Ysewyn, lawyer, and H. Crossley, Solicitor)
Re:
Annulment of Commission Decision C(2008) 3600 of 10 July 2008 rejecting the complaint lodged by the applicant in Case COMP/E-l/39097
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls Commission Decision C(2008) 3600 of 10 July 2008 in Case COMP/E-1/39097;
Orders Richemont International SA to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by the Confédération européenne des associations d'horlogers-réparateurs (CEAHR) as a result of the intervention;
Orders the European Commission to pay, in addition to its own costs, the remainder of those incurred by the CEAHR.
____________1 - OJ C 313, 6.12.2008.