Reports of Cases

2007 II-00107

Subject-matter

Abuse of a dominant position -- Market for high-output Internet access services

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 : paragraph 281
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 82 : paragraphs 25, 107, 139, 152, 154, 186, 195, 196, 217, 241 - 245, 250, 266
• Treaty of Nice 2001 - Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice -A21 : paragraph 166
• Regulation 17/62 : paragraphs 278, 280
• Regulation 17/62 -A11P4 : paragraph 277
• Regulation 17/62 -A11P5 : paragraph 277
• Regulation 17/62 -A14 : paragraph 281
• Regulation 17/62 -A14P2 : paragraphs 280, 281
• Regulation 17/62 -A14P3 : paragraph 281
• Decision 85/609 : paragraph 179
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A44P1LC : paragraph 166
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31997Y1209(01) : paragraphs 81, 87
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31997Y1209(01) -PT17 : paragraph 87
• Secondary Legislation - Document published in the OJ C series- 31998Y0114(01) : paragraphs 259, 281
• Decision 2001/354 : paragraph 247
• Decision 2001/354 -A02 : paragraph 250
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -6/72 : paragraphs 242, 266
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/73 : paragraph 152
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -73/74 : paragraph 57
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -27/76 : paragraphs 101, 185
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -85/76 : paragraphs 80, 100, 101, 109
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -100/80 : paragraphs 50, 272
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -322/81 : paragraphs 78, 99
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -62/86 : paragraphs 100, 130, 134, 178, 181, 195, 216, 224, 229, 243
• General Court - Judgment T -12/89 : paragraph 277
• General Court - Judgment T -65/89 : paragraph 185
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -52/90 : paragraph 167
• General Court - Judgment T -83/91 : paragraphs 130, 134, 197, 216, 227, 229, 243
• General Court - Order T -56/92 : paragraphs 166, 204
• General Court - Order T -85/92 : paragraph 167
• General Court - Judgment T -24/93 : paragraphs 104, 185, 196
• General Court - Judgment T -317/94 : paragraph 277
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -333/94 : paragraphs 130, 134, 216, 224 - 226, 229, 243
• General Court - Judgment T -25/95 : paragraphs 51, 272
• General Court - Judgment T -86/95 : paragraphs 18, 36
• General Court - Judgment T -213/95 : paragraph 251
• General Court - Judgment T -221/95 : paragraph 100
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -7/95 : paragraphs 129, 163
• General Court - Judgment T -65/96 : paragraph 78
• General Court - Judgment T -84/96 : paragraph 167
• General Court - Judgment T -111/96 : paragraph 186
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -395/96 : paragraph 242
• General Court - Judgment T -228/97 : paragraph 196
• General Court - Judgment T -45/98 : paragraphs 66, 234
• General Court - Judgment T -65/98 : paragraph 99
• General Court - Judgment T -31/99 : paragraph 30
• General Court - Judgment T -219/99 : paragraph 78
• General Court - Judgment T -203/01 : paragraphs 195, 282
• General Court - Judgment T -310/01 : paragraphs 18, 36

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 02/10/2003

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

30/01/2007

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 289 from 29.11.2003, p.34

Judgment: OJ C 69 from 24.03.2007, p.17

Name of the parties

France Télécom v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Gruber, Johannes Peter: Predatory Pricing (Kampfpreise) im europäischen Kartellrecht, MR-Int : europäische Rundschau zum Medienrecht, IP- & IT-Recht 2006 p.167-171 (DE)
2. Arhel, Pierre: Activité des juridictions communautaires en droit de la concurrence (janvier 2007), Petites affiches. La Loi / Le Quotidien juridique 2007 nº 56 p.16-18 (FR)
3. Philippe, Jérome ; Janssens, Thomas: Droit de la concurrence - Jurisprudence communautaire, Gazette du Palais 2007 nº 94-95 I Jur. p.19-21 (FR)
4. Visser, M.: Zijn erg lage prijzen erg? De uitspraak van het GvEA in de Wanadoo-zaak, Actualiteiten mededingingsrecht 2007 p.51-56 (NL)
5. Idot, Laurence: Abus de position dominante et prix prédateurs, Europe 2007 Mars Comm. nº 99 p. 21-22 (FR)
6. Tassis, Spyros: Dikaio Meson Enimerosis & Epikoinonias 2007 p.137-139 (EL)
7. Borba Lefèvre, C.: Wanadoo: hoe "exclusionary" moet een "abuse" zijn om onder artikel 82 EG-Verdrag te vallen?, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2007 p.55-59 (NL)
8. Kavanagh, James: The France Telecom decision. Is the CFI's decision a victory for form-based competition law over effects-based tests?, Competition Law Insight 2007 Vol.6 Issue 4 p.10-12 (EN)
9. Sibony, Anne-Lise: Les prix prédateurs entre la lettre de la jurisprudence et l'esprit du raisonnement économique, Petites affiches. La Loi / Le Quotidien juridique 2007 nº 113 p.15-22 (FR)
10. Giannaccari, Andrea: Il caso Wanadoo, Mercato concorrenza regole 2007 p.109-117 (IT)
11. Sélinsky, Véronique: Prédation: la possibilité de récupération des pertes n'est pas un préalable à la constatation d'une pratique de prix prédateurs, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2007 nº 11 p.29-30 (FR)
12. Destours, Stéphane: Des avantages procurés à Wanadoo Interactive du fait de son adossement à France Télécom, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2007 nº 11 p.53-54 (FR)
13. Adobati, Enrica: Diritto comunitario e degli scambi internazionali 2007 p.113-115 (IT)
14. Di Rienzo, Alessandro: Bloccati dal Tribunale i prezzi predatori della France Télécom, Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo 2007 p.1014-1017 (IT)
15. Schuhmacher, Florian: Altes und Neues zur Kampfpreisunterbietung. Gleichzeitig eine Besprechung des Urteils des EuG v. 30.1.2007 - T-340/03 - France Télécom SA/Kommission, Zeitschrift für Wettbewerbsrecht 2007 p.352-368 (DE)
16. Prieto, Catherine: Droit spécial du contrat. Les contrats aux effets prédateurs sur les concurrents, Revue des contrats 2007 p.776-781 (FR)
17. Negrinotti, Matteo Pierangelo: La jurisprudence de la Cour de justice et du Tribunal de première instance. Chronique des arrêts. Arrêt "Wanadoo", Revue du droit de l'Union européenne 2007 nº 3 p. 735-746 (FR)
18. Kalaϊtzis, D.: Evropaion Politeia 2007 p.1026-1028 (EL)
19. Donnat, Francis: Chronique annuelle 2007 de jurisprudence communautaire, Revue juridique de l'Economie publique 2008 nº 655 p.12-13 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

• Competition
  
• - Dominant position
  

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 : dismissal on substantive grounds
  
• Actions for annulment : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
  

Formation of the Court

Cinquième chambre élargie (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Dehousse

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

• French
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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