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Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 -P1 : paragraphs 27, 36
• TFEU, Article 261 : paragraph 74
• TFEU, Article 263 : paragraph 74
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2000) -A47P1 : paragraph 71
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2000) -A49P1 : paragraphs 17, 48
• Regulation 1/2003 -A23 : paragraph 2
• Regulation 1/2003 -A23P2 : paragraph 57
• Regulation 1/2003 -A23P3 : paragraphs 57, 76
• Regulation 1/2003 -A31 : paragraphs 3, 74
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01) -PT4 : paragraph 4
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01) -PT5 : paragraph 4
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01) -PT6 : paragraphs 4, 63
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01) -PT13 : paragraphs 4, 57, 64, 66
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01) -PT36 : paragraph 4
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01) -PT37 : paragraphs 4, 65, 67
• Commission - Other Acts - 52010XC1112(01) : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -56/64 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -56/65 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -41/69 -N112 : paragraph 32
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 -N72 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 -N73 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 -N74 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 -N75 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 -N76 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 -N77 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 -N78 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 -N79 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 -N80 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -243/83 -N39 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -243/83 -N40 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -243/83 -N41 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -243/83 -N42 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -243/83 -N43 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -243/83 -N44 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -243/83 -N45 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -243/83 -N46 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -243/83 -N47 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/92 -N112 : paragraph 29
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/92 -N116 : paragraph 32
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/92 -N86 : paragraph 30
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/92 -N87 : paragraph 30
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -306/96 -N10 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -306/96 -N11 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -306/96 -N12 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -306/96 -N13 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -306/96 -N14 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -204/00 -N83 : paragraph 30
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/02 -N142 : paragraph 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/02 -N143 : paragraph 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/02 -N209 : paragraph 61
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/02 -N210 : paragraph 61
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/02 -N211 : paragraph 61
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/02 -N212 : paragraph 61
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/02 -N213 : paragraph 61
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/02 -N217 : paragraph 41
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/02 -N218 : paragraph 41
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/02 -N219 : paragraph 42
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -74/04 -N37 : paragraph 28
• General Court - Judgment T -99/04 : paragraph 17
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -266/06 -N39 : paragraph 40
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -8/08 -N23 : paragraph 29
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -386/10 -N70 : paragraph 55
• General Court - Judgment T -27/10 : paragraphs 1 - 80
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -501/11 -N36 : paragraph 74
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -295/12 -N181 : paragraph 68
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -295/12 -N213 : paragraph 75
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -434/13 -N75 : paragraph 76
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -227/14 -N50 : paragraph 62
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -227/14 -N53 : paragraph 64

Operative part

• Confirms : General Court - Judgment T -27/10

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 : points 1, 12, 13, 38 - 57, 72, 73, 83
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 -P1 : points 1, 32 - 39, 43, 47, 52 - 61, 68, 70, 74, 75, 84
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 82 : points 1, 44, 52, 72
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 49 -P1 : point 12
  
• TFEU, Article 101 : point 1
  
• TFEU, Article 102 : point 1
  
• TFEU, Article 261 : point 12
  
• Regulation 1/2003 -A23P2 : point 12
  
• Regulation 1/2003 -A23P3 : point 12
  
• Regulation 1/2003 -A31 : point 12
  
• Decision 2005/349 : point 4
  
• Commission - Other Acts - 52006XC0901(01) : point 12
  
• Commission - Other Acts - 52010XC1112(01) : points 1 - 90
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -56/64 : points 27, 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -32/65 : point 54
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -56/65 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -24/67 : point 70
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -40/73 : point 50
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -32/79 -N46 : point 16
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/92 -N79 : point 18
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -309/99 -N47 : point 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -189/02 -N217 : point 25
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -74/04 -N37 : points 18, 50
  
• General Court - Judgment T -99/04 : point 4
  
• General Court - Judgment T -29/05 -N45 : point 73
  
• General Court - Judgment T -456/05 -N53 : point 73
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -266/06 : point 21
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -125/07 -N60 : point 52
  
• General Court - Judgment T -27/10 : points 1 - 90
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -67/13 -N51 : point 48
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

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Date of the Opinion

• 21/05/2015

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

22/10/2015

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 414 from 14.12.2015, p.5

Application: OJ C 184 from 16.06.2014, p.20

Name of the parties

AC-Treuhand v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Cerovac, Mladen: Odgovornost i kažnjavanje facilitatora u organizaciji i djelovanju kartela, Hrvatska pravna revija 2015 n° 12 p.32-35 (HR)
2. Prieto, Catherine: Cour de justice, 2e ch., 22 octobre 2015, AC-Treuhand, aff. C-194/14 P, ECLI:EU:C:2015:717, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2015 (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2015 p.517-520 (FR)
3. De Stefano, Gianni: AC-Treuhand Judgment: A Broader Scope for EU Competition Law Infringements?, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2015 Vol. 6 nº 10 p.689-690 (EN)
4. Idot, Laurence: Entreprise de conseil et participation à l'entente, Europe 2015 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.37-38 (FR)
5. Jungermann, Sebastian ; Steger, Jens: EuGH bestätigt Bußgeld gegen „Kartell-Dienstleister“ - in manchen Ländern droht Gefängnis, Der Betrieb 2015 p.2865-2866 (DE)
6. Eufinger, Alexander: Die Strafbarkeit der Kartellbeihilfe aus der Sicht des Generalanwalts, Europäisches Wirtschafts- & Steuerrecht - EWS 2015 Heft4 p.198-202 (DE)
7. Nacsa, Mónika: Az AC Treuhand II-ítélet. Az Európai Unió Bíróságának C-194/14. P. számú ügyben született döntése, Versenytükör 2015 2. szám p.96-105 (HU)
8. Slot, P.J.: Welke ondernemingen vallen onder het bereik van het verbod van artikel 101, lid 1, VWEU?, Ars aequi 2016 p.121-125 (NL)
9. Talbot, Conor: AC-Treuhand, the Scope of Article 101 TFEU, and the Future of Actions for Antitrust Damages, Commercial Law Practitioner 2016 p.9-14 (EN)
10. Chan, Sunny S.H. : AC-Treuhand: What is the ambit of cartel facilitators' liability?, European Competition Law Review 2016 p.133-138 (EN)
11. Werdmölder, S.J.D.: Kartel faciliteren: dienstverleners wees gewaarschuwd!, Tijdschrift Mededingingsrecht in de Praktijk 2016 p.27-31 (NL)
12. Vallery, Anne ; Schell, Caroline: AC-Treuhand: Substantial Fines for Facilitators of Cartels, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2016 Vol. 7 nº 4 p.254-257 (EN)
13. Debroux, Michel: Accord - Facilitateur - Marché objet de l'entente : La Cour de justice de l'Union européenne confirme, contre l'avis de l'avocat général Nils Wahl, la sanction imposée au facilitateur d'un cartel, qui n'est pas actif sur le marché objet de l'entente, au nom de la "pleine efficacité" de l'article 101, § 1 TFUE, Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2016 nº 1 p.80-81 (FR)
14. Berg, Werner: Geldbuße für ein auf dem betroffenen Markt nicht tätiges Beratungsunternehmen, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2016 p.24-25 (DE)
15. Engelhoven, Philipp: Kartellbußgeld gegen Beratungsunternehmen wegen Beteiligung an Durchführung eines Kartells („AC-Treuhand/Kommission“), Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht 2016 p.123-124 (DE)
16. Seelos, Barbara: Zur kartellrechtlichen Haftung von Beratungsunternehmen, Ecolex 2016 p.505-508 (DE)
17. Jannik, Otto: Bußgeldverantwortlichkeit von Kartellgehilfen, Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb 2016 p.454-459 (DE)
18. Hoffer, Raoul: Verantwortlichkeit eines Beratungsunternehmens für Kartellabsprachen, Österreichische Blätter für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2016 p.42-43 (DE)
19. Schwarz, Lisa: AC-Treuhand (II): Beratungsunternehmen als Kartellgehilfe ("cartel facilitator") haftbar?, Österreichisches Recht der Wirtschaft 2016 p.385-387 (DE)
20. Bernardeau, Ludovic: Répartition des marchés - Accords sur les prix - Amendes : L'autorité de la concurrence sanctionne plusieurs sociétés pour s'être entendues sur les marchés de la production et de la revente de treillis soudés et d'armatures métalliques sur l'île de la Réunion, Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2016 nº 3 p.65-67 (FR)
21. Prieto, Catherine: XII. Ententes, abus de position dominante et concentrations - Cour de justice, 2e ch., 22 octobre 2015, AC-Treuhand, aff. C-194/14 P, ECLI:EU:C:2015:717, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2015. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2016, p. 517-520 (FR)
22. De Vries, Y. ; De Kok, J.: Het ICAP-arrest : with a little help from my friends- : over kartelfacilitatie en het vermoeden van onschuld in settlement procedures, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2018 p.67-70 (NL)
23. Costa-Cabral, Francisco: The Limits of Collusion under Article 101(1) TFEU, Building the European Union: The Jurist’s View of the Union’s Evolution Hart Publishing, 2021, p. 119-138 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Competition
  
• - Agreements, decisions and 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
  
• Appeal brought against a sanction
  
• Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds
  
• Appeals : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
  

Formation of the Court

Deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

da Cruz Vilaça

Advocate General

Wahl

Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• French