Reports of Cases

1975 01663

Greek 1975/00507 Portuguese 1975/00563 Spanish 1975/00451

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 85 : pages 1916, 1924, 1932, 1948, 1951, 2000, 2012
• Regulation 17/62 -A15 : pages 1925, 2026
• Regulation 17/62 -A19P1 : page 1928
• Regulation 17/62 -A03 : page 1931
• Regulation 99/63 -A11 : page 1927
• Regulation 99/63 -A01 : page 1928
• Regulation 99/63 -A04 : pages 1929, 1993
• Regulation 1/58 -A03 : pages 1930, 1993
• Regulation 26/62 -A02P1 : pages 1948, 2025
• Regulation 1009/67 -A09 : pages 1950, 2024
• Regulation 1009/67 -A17 : page 2023
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1959) -A69P3L1 : page 2028
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 191 : page 1930
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 190 : pages 1930, 2014
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 173 : page 1931
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 39 -P1 : page 1949
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 86 : pages 1977, 1994, 2000, 2005
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 86 -L2LC : page 2007
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 86 -L2LB : page 2008
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 184 : page 2022

Operative part

• Validates : Regulation 766/68
• Modifies : Decision 73/109
• Validates : Regulation 839/68

Opinion

• Regulation 1009/67 : pages 2054, 2067, 2076
  
• Regulation 1009/67 -A35 : page 2059
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 44 : page 2059
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 85 : pages 2060, 2101, 2112
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -48/69 : page 2064
  
• Regulation 17/62 : page 2065
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 42 : page 2065
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 39 : pages 2065, 2068, 2084
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 86 : page 2065
  
• Regulation 26/62 -A02 : pages 2065, 2076, 2084
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -71/74 : page 2067
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 46 : page 2067
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -48/74 : page 2068
  
• Regulation 17/62 -A19 : page 2069
  
• Regulation 99/63 -A02 : page 2069
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -41/69 : page 2069
  
• Regulation 99/63 -A04 : pages 2069, 2109
  
• Regulation 99/63 -A11 : page 2070
  
• Regulation 99/63 -A09 : page 2070
  
• Regulation 1/58 -A03 : page 2070
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 191 : page 2070
  
• Regulation 17/62 -A12 : page 2071
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/69 : page 2077
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 169 : page 2077
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 92 : page 2077
  
• Regulation 1009/67 -A35 : pages 2078, 2107
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -77/72 : page 2078
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 95 : page 2078
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -47/69 : page 2079
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 86 : pages 2079, 2087, 2103, 2112
  
• Regulation 17/62 -A15 : page 2080
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 190 : page 2084
  
• Regulation 1009/67 -A09 : page 2085
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/73 : page 2088
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 3 -LF : pages 2091, 2110
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -56/65 : pages 2093, 2110
  
• ECSC Treaty (Paris), Article 66 -P7 : page 2094
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -32/65 : page 2103
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -56/64 : page 2103
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -6/72 : pages 2104, 2111, 2112, 2115
  
• Regulation 17/62 -A04 : page 2110
  
• Regulation 1009/67 : page 2112
  
• Regulation 766/68 : pages 2113, 2117
  
• Regulation 17/62 -A17 : page 2118
  
• Regulation 17/62 -A15 : page 2119
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 12/03/1973

Date of the Opinion

• 16/06/1975

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

16/12/1975

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Applications: OJ C 45 from 23.06.1973, p.29

Judgment: OJ C 43 from 25.02.1976, p.2

Name of the parties

Suiker Unie and Others v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Costa, Alessandro: Rivista di diritto europeo 1976 p.161-165 (IT)
2. Dubois, Jean-Pierre: Droit de la concurrence. Art. 85 et 86 CEE - pratique concertée et abus de position dominante, Droit et pratique du commerce international 1976 p.335-340 (FR)
3. Daig, Hans-Wolfram: Zum Begriff der "aufeinander abgestimmten Verhaltensweisen" nach Art. 85 EWG-Vertrag, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des "Zuckerurteils" des EuGH vom 16/12/1975, Europarecht 1976 p.213-236 (DE)
4. Dashwood, Alan ; Guy, Diana ; Laddie, Hugh ; Leigh, Guy I.F.: The Sugar Industry Marathon, European Law Review 1976 p.479-499 (EN)
5. Focsaneanu, Lazar: Gigantisme juridique: l'arrêt-fleuve du 16 décembre 1975 de la Cour de justice des Communautés européennes concernant les affaires "Industrie européenne du sucre", La Semaine juridique - édition entreprise 1976 I 12168 (FR)
6. Mok, M.R.: S.E.W. ; Sociaal-economische wetgeving 1976 p.667-671 (NL)
7. Telchini, Italo: Le imprese saccarifere italiane evitano le sanzioni comunitarie in forza della normativa nazionale, contraria alla disciplina sulla concorrenza, Giustizia civile 1976 IV p.102-109 (IT)
8. X: Het suikerarrest, Economisch statistische berichten 1976 p.347-350 (NL)
9. Gijlstra, D.J. ; Murphy, D.F.: Some Observations on the Sugar Cases, Common Market Law Review 1977, Volume 14, Issue 1, p. 45-71 (EN)
10. Gijlstra, D.J.: Ars aequi 1977 p.222-227 (NL)
11. Krsjak, Peter: Remarques relatives à la décision de la Cour de justice du 16 décembre 1975 ayant pour objet l'application des art. 85 et 86 du traité des Communautés économiques européennes concernant l'industrie du sucre, Gazette du Palais 1977 III Doct. p.4-7 (FR)
12. Kovar, Robert: Journal du droit international 1977 p.216-230 (FR)
13. Korah, Valentine: Re. The European Sugar Cartel: Cooperative Vereniging Suiker Unie UA and Others v. EC Commission, The Journal of Business Law 1977 p.187-195 (EN)
14. Verbit, Gilbert P.: EEC Antitrust: Community Adoption of the Parker Doctrine, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 1977 p.195-248 (EN)
15. Costa, Alessandro: Disciplina comunitaria della libertà di concorrenza e normativa statale avente effetti restrittivi: due casi recenti, Rivista di diritto europeo 1979 p.158-169 (IT)
16. Mok, M.R.: Annotaties Hof van Justitie EG (Ed. W.E.J. Tjeenk Willink - Zwolle) 1995 p.131-135 (NL)
17. Costato, Luigi: Zucchero e concorrenza, Rivista di diritto agrario 2005 II p.129-134 (IT)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Competition
  
• - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
  
• Competition
  
• - Dominant position
  
• Agriculture
  
• - Common organisation of the markets
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Actions for annulment : application granted
  
• Appeal brought against a sanction : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

Cour plénière (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Kutscher

Advocate General

Mayras

Language(s) of the Case

• Italian, French, Dutch, German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• French