Reports of Cases

2006 II-04987

Subject-matter

Annulment of the Commission's Decision of 2 April 2003 relating to a procedure under Article 81 of the EC Treaty (Case COMP/C.38.279/F3 - French Beef) concerning an agreement to fix a minimum purchase price of certain categories of cattle and to suspend imports of beef to France and, in the alternative, annulment or reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 3 -P1LG : paragraph 97
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 3 -P1LJ : paragraph 97
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 33 : paragraph 199
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 33 -P1 : paragraph 200
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 33 -P1LB : paragraph 202
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 33 -P1LC : paragraph 203
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 33 -P1LE : paragraph 205
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 36 : paragraph 197
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 : paragraphs 51, 91, 92
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 -P1 : paragraphs 1 - 364
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 -P1LA : paragraph 83
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 137 -P1LF : paragraph 97
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 139 -P1 : paragraph 97
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 229 : paragraph 358
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 253 : paragraphs 57, 233, 245
• Regulation 17/62 : paragraphs 250, 253
• Regulation 17/62 -A11 : paragraph 13
• Regulation 17/62 -A15P2 : paragraphs 221, 224, 234, 237, 246, 254 - 259, 312 - 314, 324, 326, 362
• Regulation 17/62 -A17 : paragraph 358
• Regulation 26/62 : paragraphs 1 - 364
• Regulation 26/62 -A01 : paragraphs 1, 198
• Regulation 26/62 -A02 : paragraphs 198, 199, 208
• Regulation 26/62 -A02P1 : paragraphs 2, 199, 206
• Regulation 26/62 -A38P1 : paragraph 207
• Regulation 26/62 -A43 : paragraph 207
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A48P2 : paragraph 353
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) : paragraphs 246, 253, 257, 352
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -A05LB : paragraphs 246, 250
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT1LA : paragraphs 252, 254, 265
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT1LAL1 : paragraph 252
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT1LAT3 : paragraph 264
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT1LB : paragraphs 256, 257
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT1LBL1T1 : paragraph 258
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT2 : paragraph 352
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT3 : paragraphs 352, 353
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT5LA : paragraph 314
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT5LB : paragraphs 265, 350, 353, 355, 357, 359 - 361, 364
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) -PT5LC : paragraphs 242, 316
• Regulation 1254/1999 : paragraph 207
• Regulation 2790/1999 -A03 : paragraph 88
• Regulation 2790/1999 -A04LA : paragraph 88
• Decision 2003/600 : paragraphs 1 - 364
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -71/74 : paragraphs 89, 199
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -209/78 : paragraph 49
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 : paragraphs 218, 222, 314
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -123/83 : paragraphs 85, 91 98
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -136/86 : paragraph 98
• General Court - Judgment T -11/89 : paragraph 124
• General Court - Judgment T -14/89 : paragraphs 66, 68
• General Court - Judgment T -148/89 : paragraphs 83, 92
• General Court - Judgment T -7/92 : paragraph 92
• General Court - Judgment T -29/92 : paragraph 317
• General Court - Judgment T -39/92 : paragraphs 223, 317, 343
• General Court - Judgment T -70/92 : paragraphs 199, 207, 208
• General Court - Judgment T -513/93 : paragraph 52
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -399/93 : paragraph 199
• General Court - Judgment T -136/94 : paragraph 49
• General Court - Judgment T -305/94 : paragraphs 57, 90, 93, 161
• General Court - Judgment T -308/94 : paragraph 217
• General Court - Judgment T -338/94 : paragraphs 313, 317
• General Court - Judgment T -374/94 : paragraph 83
• General Court - Judgment T -213/95 : paragraphs 63, 67
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -55/96 : paragraph 52
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -67/96 : paragraph 98
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -395/96 : paragraphs 217, 223
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -126/97 : paragraph 97
• General Court - Judgment T -45/98 : paragraph 102
• General Court - Judgment T -62/98 : paragraph 93
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -22/98 : paragraph 100
• General Court - Judgment T -23/99 : paragraphs 250, 255, 259, 271
• General Court - Judgment T -31/99 : paragraphs 218, 222
• General Court - Judgment T -65/99 : paragraph 252
• General Court - Judgment T -66/99 : paragraph 252
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -309/99 : paragraph 89
• General Court - Judgment T -213/00 : paragraph 258
• General Court - Judgment T -220/00 : paragraphs 233, 253, 295
• General Court - Judgment T -224/00 : paragraph 340
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -137/00 : paragraph 197
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -204/00 : paragraph 340
• General Court - Judgment T -209/01 : paragraph 79
• General Court - Judgment T -236/01 : paragraphs 259, 340
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -359/01 : paragraphs 63, 67
• General Court - Judgment T -16/02 : paragraph 363
• General Court - Judgment T -38/02 : paragraph 233
• General Court - Judgment T -49/02 : paragraph 252
• General Court - Judgment T -64/02 : paragraphs 250, 253, 259
• General Court - Judgment T -193/02 : paragraph 49
• General Court - Judgment T -71/03 : paragraph 314
• General Court - Judgment T -87/05 : paragraph 79

Operative part

• Modifies : Decision 2003/600 -A03

Opinion

Information not available

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 19/06/2003

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

13/12/2006

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Applications: OJ C 200 from 23.08.2003, p.30

Order: OJ C 94 from 17.04.2004, p.42

Name of the parties

FNCBV and Others v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Philippe, Jérôme ; Janssens, Thomas: Droit de la concurrence - Jurisprudence communautaire, Gazette du Palais 2007 nº 94-95 I Jur. p.18-19
2. Robin, Catherine: Association d'entreprises, syndicats et fédérations agricoles, action syndicale, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2007 nº 11 p.24-25
3. Barbier de La Serre, Éric: Le contrôle du Tribunal sur l'application des Lignes directrices, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2007 nº 11 p.35
4. Barbier de La Serre, Éric: Droits de la défense et éléments pertinents pour le calcul des amendes, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2007 nº 11 p.79-80
5. Idot, Laurence: Entente horizontale dans le secteur agricole, Europe 2007 Février Comm. nº 65 p.21-22
6. Arhel, Pierre: Activité des juridictions communautaires en droit de la concurrence (octobre-décembre 2006), Petites affiches. La Loi / Le Quotidien juridique 2007 nº 41 p.18-20
7. Gadbin, Daniel: La filière bovine française et les organisations syndicales piégées par les règles communautaires de concurrence, Revue de droit rural 2007 nº 350 p.54-55

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

• Competition
  
• - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
  
• - Concerted practices
  

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
  
• Appeal brought against a sanction : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

García-Valdecasas

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

• French
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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