Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 16 October 2013

Vivendi v European Commission

Competition — Abuse of dominant position — French broadband and telephone subscription market — Decision rejecting a complaint — Lack of Community interest — Significance of the alleged infringement as regards the functioning of the internal market — Probability of establishing the existence of the alleged infringement

Case T‑432/10


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
15/11/2013 Vivendi v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2013:538
16/10/2013 Vivendi v Commission
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2013:538
16/10/2013 Vivendi v Commission
Order
ECLI:EU:T:2011:580
06/10/2011 Vivendi v Commission
Application (OJ)
20/11/2010 Vivendi v Commission
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

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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
        4.08.03.02.01 Bringing matters before the Commission
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
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.04 Pleas in law
      3.02.04.05 Scope and limits of review by the Courts
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
    4.08.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      4.08.03.02 Procedure for the application of the competition rules by the Commission
        4.08.03.02.06 Hearing of persons concerned and of third parties / Access to the file


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

  • 17/09/2010

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

16/10/2013


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 317 from 20.11.2010, p.40

Judgment: OJ C 352 from 30.11.2013, p.11

Name of the parties

Vivendi v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Rejet de plaintes, Europe 2013 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.43 (FR)
  2. Robin, Catherine: Les contrôles effectués par la Commission et l'ARCEP justifient le rejet d'une plainte pour abus de position dominante pour défaut d'intérêt suffisant du droit de l'Union, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2014 nº 38 p.29 (FR)



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

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Czúcz

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • French

Language(s) of the Opinion

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