Reports of Cases

1993 I-01307

Swedish XIV/I-00111 Finnish XIV/I-00123

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Decision 85/202 : paragraph 1
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 85 -P1 : paragraphs 3, 42, 44, 59, 62, 65, 118, 126, 127, 131, 164, 175, 176, 197
• Decision 85/202 -A01P1 : paragraphs 22, 55 - 127
• Decision 85/202 -A01P2 : paragraphs 23, 35 - 54
• Decision 85/202 -A01P3 : paragraphs 24, 128 - 147
• Decision 85/202 -A01P4 : paragraphs 25, 148 - 167
• Decision 85/202 -A01P5 : paragraphs 25, 168 - 177
• Decision 85/202 -N : paragraph 27
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -89/85 : paragraphs 30, 129
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 85 : paragraphs 30, 71, 139, 145
• Regulation 99/63 -A09P3 : paragraph 39
• Regulation 17/62 -A19P1 : paragraphs 40 - 52
• Regulation 99/63 -A04 : paragraphs 40 - 52, 154
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -45/69 : paragraph 42
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -52/69 : paragraph 42
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/73 : paragraph 42
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -27/76 : paragraph 42
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -85/76 : paragraphs 42, 135
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/73 -N26 : paragraph 63
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/73 -N173 : paragraph 63
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/73 -N174 : paragraph 71
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A45P2LD : paragraphs 75 - 79, 82, 101, 121, 136
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -123/83 : paragraph 142
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 : paragraph 143
• Regulation 17/62 -A15P2 : paragraph 174
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -86/82 : paragraph 175
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -277/87 : paragraph 175
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -56/64 : paragraph 176
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 173 -L2 : paragraph 180
• Regulation 17/62 -A03P1 : paragraphs 17, 181
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -6/73 : paragraph 181
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A69P2 : paragraph 201
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A69P4 : paragraph 206
• Regulation 99/63 -A02P1 : paragraph 154

Operative part

• Annuls : Decision 85/202 -A01P1
• Annuls : Decision 85/202 -A01P2
• Annuls : Decision 85/202 -A01P3
• Annuls : Decision 85/202 -A01P4
• Annuls : Decision 85/202 -N

Opinion

• Court of Justice - Judgment C -89/85 : points 1, 49, 51, 477
  
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A49 : points 1, 52, 53, 54, 116
  
• Decision 85/202 : points 1 - 549
  
• Regulation 17/62 -A14 : point 33
  
• Regulation 17/62 -A03P1 : point 34
  
• Regulation 17/62 -A04 : point 34
  
• Regulation 17/62 -A05 : point 34
  
• Regulation 17/62 -A11 : points 35, 111
  
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A91P1 : points 55 - 57, 112, 148
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -52/69 -N18 : point 61
  
• Regulation 99/63 -A04 : points 63, 75, 77
  
• Regulation 17/62 -A19 : points 63, 77
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 85 -P1 : points 166 - 198, 199, 502 - 512, 527, 540
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -52/69 -N11 : point 75
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -27/76 -N275 : point 76
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -45/69 -N9 : point 76
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 -N14 : point 76
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/73 -N427 : point 76
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 -N15 : point 89
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -30/78 -N26 : point 98
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 85 -P3 : point 98
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -85/76 : point 112
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -209/78 -N68 : point 122
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -52/69 -N14 : point 122
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -51/69 -N5 : point 123
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -107/82 -N27 : point 131
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -85/76 -N14 : point 142
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/90 : point 142
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -107/82 : point 142
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -322/81 -N8 : point 142
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -49/88 -N111 : point 143
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -49/88 -N112 : point 143
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/88 -N17 : point 144
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -264/82 : point 144
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -85/76 -N11 : point 147
  
• Regulation 99/63 -A09P3 : points 153, 155
  
• Regulation 17/62 -A11P5 : point 163
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -48/69 : point 166
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/69 : point 166
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -51/69 : point 166
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -52/69 : point 166
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -53/69 : point 166
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -54/69 : point 166
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -55/69 : point 166
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -56/69 : point 166
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -57/69 : point 166
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/73 : point 166
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 : points 166, 508
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -29/83 : point 166
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -172/80 : points 166, 189
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -240/82 : point 166
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -48/69 -N64 : point 167
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -48/69 -N65 : point 167
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/73 -N173 : point 168
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/73 -N174 : point 168
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -172/80 -N21 : points 171, 172
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -48/69 -N118 : points 172, 176
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -172/80 -N14 : point 176
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -48/69 : points 184, 185, 186
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -48/69 -N66 : point 190
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -29/83 -N16 : point 196
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 190 : points 435 - 453, 460, 463
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -1/54 : point 435
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -2/54 : point 435
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -18/57 : point 435
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -304/89 -N18 : point 435
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -291/89 -N14 : point 435
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -322/81 -N14 : point 441
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/73 -N174 : point 437
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -209/78 -N66 : point 441
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -43/82 -N22 : point 441
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -86/82 -N17 : point 441
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -86/82 : points 443, 444
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -85/87 : point 444
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -108/81 : point 450
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -3/83 : point 451
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 172 : points 462, 535
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 173 -L2 : points 462, 532, 535
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -246/86 -N41 : point 502
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -56/64 : point 503
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -277/87 : points 503, 506
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -86/82 -N46 : point 505
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -107/82 : point 508
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 -N86 : point 508
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -123/83 -N29 : point 518
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/85 -N22 : point 525
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -260/85 -N18 : point 525
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -273/85 -N55 : point 525
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -301/85 : point 526
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -21/64 : point 537
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -35/83 : point 540
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 04/04/1985

Date of the Opinion

• 07/07/1992

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

31/03/1993

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Applications: OJ C 127 from 24.05.1985, p.6 ; OJ C 148 from 18.06.1985, p.3 ; OJ C 152 from 21.06.1985, p.4 ; OJ C 182 from 20.07.1985, p.4

Interlocutory judgment: OJ C 281 from 04.11.1988, p.16

Partial removal from the register: OJ C 129 from 24.05.1990, p.10

Judgment: OJ C 126 from 07.05.1993, p.10

Name of the parties

Ahlström Osakeyhtiö and Others v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Blaise, Jean-Bernard ; Robin, Catherine: Pratiques concertées - Preuve, Revue des affaires européennes 1993 nº 3 p.103-104 (FR)
2. Idot, Laurence: Epilogue dans l'affaire Pâte de Bois - les derniers apports de la Cour au droit communautaire de la concurrence, Europe 1993 Juin Chron. nº 6 p.1-3 (FR)
3. Cartou, Louis: Et revoici les ententes venues d'ailleurs. Ententes - Concertation d'entreprise - Entreprises extérieures à la Communauté, Les petites affiches 1993 nº 111 p.12-16 (FR)
4. Jones, Alison: Woodpulp: Concerted Practice and/or Conscious Parallelism?, European Competition Law Review 1993 p.273-279 (EN)
5. X: European Law Review Competition Law Checklist 1993 p.19-22 (EN)
6. X: Het tweede houtpulparrest, Euridica 1993 nº 4 p.20 (NL)
7. Vilà Costa, Blanca: Jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia de las Comunidades Europeas, Revista Jurídica de Catalunya 1993 p.1182-1185 (ES)
8. Pardolesi, Roberto: Parallelismo e collusione oligopolistica: il lato oscuro dell'antitrust, Il Foro italiano 1994 IV Col.65-76 (IT)
9. Osti, Cristoforo: Il lato oscuro dell'antitrust: qualche dubbio in più, Il Foro italiano 1994 IV Col.76-79 (IT)
10. Cumming, George: The "Woodpulp" Decision, March 31, 1993, The Journal of Business Law 1994 p.165-173 (EN)
11. Osti, Cristoforo: Information Exchanges in the Obscure Light of Woodpulp, European Competition Law Review 1994 p.176-182 (EN)
12. Van Gerven, Gerwin ; Navarro Varona, Edurne: The Wood Pulp Case and the Future of Concerted Practices, Common Market Law Review 1994, Volume 31, Issue 3, p. 575-608 (EN)
13. Hermitte, Marie-Angèle: Chronique de jurisprudence du Tribunal et de la Cour de justice des Communautés européennes. Concurrence, Journal du droit international 1994 p.505-507 (FR)
14. Mok, M.R.: TVVS ondernemingsrecht en rechtspersonen 1995 p.225-227 (NL)
15. Von Winterfeld, Achim: Verpflichtungserklärungen in europäischen Kartellverfahren, Festschrift für Ulrich Everling (Ed. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft - Baden-Baden) 1995 Bd.2 p.1689-1698 (DE)
16. Mok, M.R.: S.E.W. ; Sociaal-economische wetgeving 1995 p.664-667 (NL)
17. Sükösd, Péter: A Wood Pulp ügy jelentősége a Közösségi versenyjog extraterritoriális kiterjesztésének folyamatában, Európai jog 2005 p.30-37 (HU)

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

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

Cinquième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Joliet

Advocate General

Darmon

Language(s) of the Case

• German, English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• French