Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 September 2017

Autortiesību un komunicēšanās konsultāciju aģentūra / Latvijas Autoru apvienība v Konkurences padome

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Competition — Article 102 TFEU — Abuse of a dominant position — Concept of ‘unfair price’ — Fees collected by a copyright management organisation — Comparison with rates charged in other Member States — Choice of reference Member States — Assessment criteria for prices — Calculation of the fine

Case C-177/16


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
27/10/2017 Biedrība "Autortiesību un komunicēšanās konsultāciju aģentūra - Latvijas Autoru apvienība" Konkurences padome
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:689
14/09/2017 Biedrība "Autortiesību un komunicēšanās konsultāciju aģentūra - Latvijas Autoru apvienība" Konkurences padome
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:689
14/09/2017 Biedrība "Autortiesību un komunicēšanās konsultāciju aģentūra - Latvijas Autoru apvienība" Konkurences padome
Application (OJ)
20/05/2016 Biedrība "Autortiesību un komunicēšanās konsultāciju aģentūra - Latvijas Autoru apvienība" Konkurences padome
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2017:286
06/04/2017 Biedrība "Autortiesību un komunicēšanās konsultāciju aģentūra - Latvijas Autoru apvienība" Konkurences padome
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.02 Dominant position
      4.08.02.05 Effect on trade between Member States
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.02 Dominant position
      4.08.02.04 Abuse of a dominant position
        4.08.02.04.02 Examples of abuse
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.02 Dominant position
      4.08.02.04 Abuse of a dominant position
        4.08.02.04.02 Examples of abuse
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.02 Dominant position
      4.08.02.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      4.08.03.05 Implementation by the national competition authorities
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.02 Dominant position
      4.08.02.03 Criteria for establishing the existence of a dominant position
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.03 Implementation of the competition rules
      4.08.03.05 Implementation by the national competition authorities


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

Information not available

Date of the Opinion

  • 06/04/2017

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

14/09/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 382 from 13.11.2017, p.18

Application: OJ C 200 from 06.06.2016, p.12

Name of the parties

Biedrība "Autortiesību un komunicēšanās konsultāciju aģentūra - Latvijas Autoru apvienība" Konkurences padome

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Balthasar-Wach, Agnes: EuGH: Zum Preismissbrauch bei Verwertungsgesellschaften, Ecolex 2017 p.1185-1186 (DE)
  2. Idot, Laurence: Abus de position dominante et prix excessifs, Europe 2017 novembre nº 11 p.38-39 (FR)
  3. Simon, Stella: Mikor tisztességtelen az ár?, Versenytükör 2017 2. szám p.88-94 (HU)
  4. Van Loon, S.C.: Prejudiciële vragen over de toepassing van art. 102 VWEU (misbruik van machtspositie) op het prijsbeleid van een collectieve beheersorganisatie, AMI: Tijdschrift voor auteurs-, media & informatierecht 2018 p.68-70 (NL)
  5. Kreijger, P.J.: Excessieve prijzen in het mededingingsrecht, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2018 p.160-164 (NL)
  6. Van Damme, Eric ; Sauter, Wolf: Bestaat er zoiets als een onbillijke prijs? Zaak C-177/16 (AKKA/LAA), Markt & Mededinging 2018 n° 5 p.200-211 (NL)
  7. Temnikov, Oleg: Standard of proof of "Excessive Pricing" under European Union Competition Law - Additional Guidelines Stemming from the Recent Case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Европейски правен преглед 2018 nº XX p.54-62 (BG)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Augstākā tiesa - Latvia

Subject-matter

  • Competition

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

Deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Prechal

Advocate General

Wahl

Language(s) of the Case

  • Latvian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English