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Information not available

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Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• TFEU, Article 102 : paragraphs 1, 34, 51
• Directive 68/151 -A02 : paragraph 3
• Directive 68/151 -A03 : paragraph 4
• Directive 96/9 -A07 : paragraphs 46, 51
• Directive 96/9 -A07P1 : paragraph 5
• Directive 2003/58 : paragraph 3
• Directive 2003/98 -A01P1 : paragraph 8
• Directive 2003/98 -A02P4 : paragraph 9
• Directive 2003/98 -C5 : paragraph 6
• Directive 2003/98 -C9 : paragraphs 7, 50
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -41/83 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -107/84 : paragraph 36
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -41/90 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -159/91 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -364/92 : paragraphs 36, 39
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -343/95 : paragraph 39
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -82/01 : paragraphs 35, 37
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/07 : paragraphs 35 - 37
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -113/07 : paragraph 38
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -437/09 : paragraph 35

Operative part

• Interprets : TFEU, Article 102
• Interprets : Directive 96/9 -A07

Opinion

• TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A19L3 : point 56
  
• TFEU, Article 18 : point 58
  
• TFEU, Article 56 : point 32
  
• TFEU, Article 101 : point 58
  
• TFEU, Article 102 : points 1, 22, 29, 36 - 38, 40, 41, 43, 57, 58, 61, 73
  
• TFEU, Article 103 : point 58
  
• TFEU, Article 104 : point 58
  
• TFEU, Article 105 : point 58
  
• TFEU, Article 106 : point 58
  
• TFEU, Article 106 -P1 : point 58
  
• TFEU, Article 106 -P2 : point 58
  
• TFEU, Article 107 : point 58
  
• TFEU, Article 108 : point 58
  
• TFEU, Article 109 : point 58
  
• TFEU, Article 258 : point 54
  
• TEU, Article 4 -P3 : point 58
  
• Directive 68/151 : points 36, 39
  
• Directive 68/151 -A03 : points 3, 49, 55
  
• Directive 68/151 -A03P3 : points 33, 54
  
• Directive 68/151 -A03P3L3 : point 53
  
• Directive 68/151 -A03P5 : point 50
  
• Directive 96/9 : point 39
  
• Directive 96/9 -A07 : points 5, 61
  
• Directive 96/9 -A13 : point 60
  
• Directive 96/9 -C40 : point 4
  
• Directive 96/9 -C41 : point 4
  
• Directive 96/9 -C47 : point 60
  
• Directive 2003/98 : points 36, 39, 60
  
• Directive 2003/98 -A01P1 : point 8
  
• Directive 2003/98 -A02P4 : point 9
  
• Directive 2003/98 -A03 : points 10, 60, 71
  
• Directive 2003/98 -C8 : point 6
  
• Directive 2003/98 -C9 : points 6, 60
  
• Directive 2003/98 -C22 : point 7
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -314/85 : point 37
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -53/87 : point 41
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -238/87 : point 41
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -260/89 : point 57
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -41/90 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -241/91 : point 22
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -364/92 : points 29, 38, 41, 45 - 48
  
• General Court - Judgment T -504/93 : point 70
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -343/95 : points 41, 45 - 47, 56
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -7/97 : point 71
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -7/97 : points 41, 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -115/97 : point 58
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -219/97 : point 58
  
• General Court - Judgment T -128/98 : points 41, 46
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -82/01 : points 41, 46
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -264/01 : points 29, 56
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -418/01 : points 22, 41, 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -46/02 : point 61
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -203/02 : points 60, 61
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -134/03 : point 68
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -205/03 : points 46, 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -205/03 : point 46
  
• General Court - Judgment T -155/04 : points 38, 41, 46
  
• General Court - Judgment T -201/04 : points 41, 67
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -113/07 : points 38, 41, 46, 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -304/07 : point 60
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -203/08 : point 32
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -206/08 : point 31
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -274/09 : point 31
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -437/09 : points 46, 58
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 21/03/2011

Date of the Opinion

• 26/04/2012

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

12/07/2012

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 186 from 25.06.2011, p.12

Judgment: OJ C 287 from 22.09.2012, p.11

Name of the parties

Compass-Datenbank

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Mok, M.R.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2012 nº 564 (NL)
2. Arhel, Pierre: Activité des juridictions de l'Union européenne en droit de la concurrence (juillet 2012), Petites affiches. La Loi / Le Quotidien juridique 2012 nº 201 p.7-8 (FR)
3. Idot, Laurence: Champ d'application matériel, Europe 2012 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.40 (FR)
4. Robin, Catherine: Prérogative de puissance publique n'est pas activité économique en droit de la concurrence, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2013 nº 34 p.28 (FR)
5. Van de Gronden, Johan: Mediaforum: Tijdschrift voor Media- en Communicatierecht 2013 p.355-356 (NL)
6. Speyart, H.M.H. ; Belder, L.P.C.: Intellectuele eigendom & Reclamerecht 2013 p.59-60 (NL)
7. Rijnen, C. ; Saanen, N.: Het veelkoppige monster, genaamd "onderneming", Tijdschrift voor Staatssteun 2013 p.52-59 (NL)
8. Lundqvist, Björn: "Turning Government Data Into Gold": The Interface Between EU Competition Law and the Public Sector Information Directive - With Some Comments on the Compass Case, International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 2013 p.79-95 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Oberster Gerichtshof - Austria

Subject-matter

• Competition
  
• - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Firmenbuchgesetz (FBG), Paragraphen 1 bis 7, 10, und 33 bis 35 Verordnung des Bundesministers für Justiz über die Gebühren der Firmenbuchabfrage (Firmenbuchdatenbankverordnung), Paragraphen 4 Abs. 2 Bundesgesetz über besondere zivilrechtliche Vorschriften für Unternehmen (Unternehmensgesetzbuch - UGB), Paragraphen 9 und 10 Bundesgesetz über das Urheberrecht an Werken der Literatur und der Kunst und über verwandte Schutzrechte (Urheberrechtsgesetz), Paragraphen 76c ff Bundesgesetz über die Weiterverwendung von Informationen öffentlicher Stellen (Informationsweiterverwendungsgesetz – IWG)

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Lenaerts

Advocate General

Jääskinen

Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• English