Reports of Cases

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Subject-matter

Request for a preliminary ruling – Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio – Interpretation of Article 4 TEU and Articles 49, 56, 96 and 101 TFEU – Road haulage – National legislation under which, as regards the fixing of prices, minimum operating costs are to be determined by common agreement of the operators concerned, failing which by decision of a body which represents those operators – No indication of the relevant criteria on the basis of which minimum operating costs are to be determined – Need to safeguard road traffic safety – Proportionality

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• TFEU, Article 49 : paragraphs 1, 24, 26, 59
• TFEU, Article 56 : paragraphs 1, 24, 26, 59
• TFEU, Article 96 : paragraphs 1, 24, 26, 59
• TFEU, Article 101 : paragraphs 1, 24, 26, 28, 29, 41, 58
• TFEU, Article 101 -P1 : paragraph 46
• TEU, Article 4 -P3 : paragraphs 1, 24, 26, 28, 29, 46, 58
• Regulation 3820/85 -A06 : paragraph 7
• Regulation 3820/85 -A07 : paragraph 7
• Regulation 3821/85 -A13 : paragraph 7
• Regulation 3821/85 -A14 : paragraph 7
• Regulation 3821/85 -A15 : paragraph 7
• Regulation 3821/85 -A16 : paragraph 7
• Regulation 4058/89 : paragraph 3
• Directive 2002/15 -A04 : paragraph 7
• Directive 2002/15 -A05 : paragraph 7
• Directive 2002/15 -A06 : paragraph 7
• Directive 2002/15 -A07 : paragraph 7
• Directive 2006/126 : paragraph 7
• Directive 2007/46 : paragraph 7
• Regulation 1072/2009 -A08P1 : paragraph 5
• Regulation 1072/2009 -A09P1 : paragraph 6
• Regulation 1072/2009 -C4 : paragraph 4
• Regulation 1072/2009 -C6 : paragraph 4
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -185/91 : paragraphs 33, 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -153/93 : paragraphs 33, 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -96/94 : paragraphs 29, 30, 33
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -140/94 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -35/96 : paragraphs 34, 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -213/96 : paragraph 55
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -38/97 : paragraphs 31, 33
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -35/99 : paragraphs 29, 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -309/99 : paragraph 47
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -446/03 : paragraph 55
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -94/04 : paragraphs 28, 29
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -295/04 : paragraph 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -519/04 : paragraph 48
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -169/07 : paragraph 53
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -384/08 : paragraph 53
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -393/08 : paragraph 28
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -136/12 : paragraphs 47, 48

Operative part

• Interprets : TFEU, Article 101
• Interprets : TEU, Article 4 -P3

Opinion

Information not available

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 12/04/2013

Date of the Opinion

Information not available

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

04/09/2014

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 395 from 10.11.2014, p.12

Application: OJ C 207 from 20.07.2013, p.6

Name of the parties

API and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Lanza, Elisabetta M.: Kartellrecht: Minimaltarife im Straßengütertransport als Wettbewerbsbeschränkung, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2014 p.867-868 (DE)
2. Grangeon, Julie: L'entrave réglementaire à la libre concurrence, Revue Lamy droit des affaires 2014 nº 98 p.69-70 (FR)
3. Idot, Laurence: Contrôle des règlementations nationales de prix, Europe 2014 Novembre nº 11 p.38 (FR)
4. Frenz, Walter: Staatliche Wettbewerbseinwirkungen nach dem EuGH-Urteil API, Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis 2015 p.421-428 (DE)
5. Van der Vijver, T.D.O. ; Vollering, S.F.M.: API, een noot over mededingingsbeperkingen en overheden, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2015 p.148-153 (NL)
6. Pelleriti, Simona: L'art. 101 TFUE e la rule of reason europea : nuovi spunti dalla Corte di giustizia dell'Unione Europea, Diritto del commercio internazionale 2016 p.290-312 (IT)
7. Szalatkay, Judit: Minimumtarifák meghatározása az EUMSZ 101. cikkének sérelme nélkül – közhatalmi jogosítványok állam általi delegálhatósága, Versenytükör 2016 2. szám p.142-146 (HU)
8. Benelli, Gianfranco: Costi minimi di esercizio nell'autotrasporto di merci per conto terzi e sub-trasporto, Diritto del commercio internazionale 2018 p.135-161 (EN, IT)
9. Donzelli, Giulio: <<La legittimità delle tariffe minime nella giurisprudenza della Corte di giustizia>>, La nuova giurisprudenza civile commentata 2018 n° 5 p.626-632 (IT)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio - Italy

Subject-matter

• Competition
  

Provisions of national law referred to

decreto-legge 2008 n° 112 legge 2005, nº 32/2005 legge 06/08/2008 n° 133 decreto legislativo 21/11/2005 nº 284 decreto legislativo 21/11/2005 n° 286

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

cinquième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Šváby

Advocate General

Szpunar

Language(s) of the Case

• Italian
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

Information not available