# C_2013156EN.01003502.xml

| 1.6.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 156/35 |
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1.6.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 156/35

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Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2013 — AKM v Commission

(Case T-432/08) (1)

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(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Copyright relating to the public performance of musical works via the internet, satellite and cable retransmission - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Sharing of the geographic market - Bilateral agreements between national collecting societies - Concerted practice excluding the possibility of granting multi-territorial, multi-repertoire licences - Evidence - Presumption of innocence)

2013/C 156/61

Language of the case: German

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Staatlich genehmigte Gesellschaft der Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger reg. Gen. mbH (AKM) (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: H. Wollmann and F. Urlesberger, lawyers)

Applicant:

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, A. Antoniadis and O. Weber, agents)

Defendant:

Intervener in support of the applicant: Republic of Austira (represented by: G. Hesse, C. Pesendorfer, E. Riedl, M. Fruhmann and A. Posch, agents)

Intervener in support of the applicant:

Re:

Re:

Application for annulment in part of Commission Decision C(2008) 3435 final of 16 July 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C2/38.698 — CISAC).

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls Article 3 of Commission Decision C(2008) 3435 final of 16 July 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C2/38.698 — CISAC) in so far as it concerns Staatlich genehmigte Gesellschaft der Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger reg. Gen. mbH (AKM); |
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Annuls Article 3 of Commission Decision C(2008) 3435 final of 16 July 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C2/38.698 — CISAC) in so far as it concerns Staatlich genehmigte Gesellschaft der Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger reg. Gen. mbH (AKM);

| 2. | Annuls Article 4 of Decision C(2008) 3435 final, to the extent that it refers to Article 3 thereof, in so far as it concerns AKM; |
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Annuls Article 4 of Decision C(2008) 3435 final, to the extent that it refers to Article 3 thereof, in so far as it concerns AKM;

| 3. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |
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Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

| 4. | Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay one half of those incurred by AKM; |
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Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay one half of those incurred by AKM;

| 5. | Orders AKM to bear one half of its own costs; |
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Orders AKM to bear one half of its own costs;

| 6. | Orders the Republic of Austria to bear its own costs. |
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6.

Orders the Republic of Austria to bear its own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 327, 20.12.2008.

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