Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2013 – AKM v Commission
(Case T-432/08) 1
(Competition – Agreements, decisions and concerted practices – Copyright relating to the public performance of musical works via the internet, satellite and cable retransmission – Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC – Sharing of the geographic market – Bilateral agreements between national collecting societies – Concerted practice excluding the possibility of granting multi-territorial, multi-repertoire licences – Evidence – Presumption of innocence)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Staatlich genehmigte Gesellschaft der Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger reg. Gen. mbH (AKM) (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: H. Wollmann and F. Urlesberger, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, A. Antoniadis and O. Weber, agents)
Intervener in support of the applicant: Republic of Austira (represented by: G. Hesse, C. Pesendorfer, E. Riedl, M. Fruhmann and A. Posch, agents)
Re:
Application for annulment in part of Commission Decision C (2008) 3435 final of 16 July 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C2/38.698 – CISAC).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls Article 3 of Commission Decision C (2008) 3435 final of 16 July 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C2/38.698 – CISAC) in so far as it concerns Staatlich genehmigte Gesellschaft der Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger reg. Gen. mbH (AKM);
Annuls Article 4 of Decision C (2008) 3435 final, to the extent that it refers to Article 3 thereof, in so far as it concerns AKM;
Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay one half of those incurred by AKM;
Orders AKM to bear one half of its own costs;
Orders the Republic of Austria to bear its own costs.
________________________1 OJ C 327, 20.12.2008.