# C_2013156EN.01002702.xml

| 1.6.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 156/27 |
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1.6.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 156/27

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Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2013 — Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto v Commission

(Case T-401/08) (1)

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(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Copyright relating to 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 practices precluding the possibility of granting multi-territory and multi-repertoire licences - Proof - Presumption of innocence)

2013/C 156/46

Language of the case: Finnish

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto ry (Helsinki, Finland) (represented by: H. Pokela, lawyer)

Applicant:

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by E. Paasivirta, F. Castillo de la Torre and P. Aalto, and subsequently by E. Paasivirta and F. Castillo de la Torre, acting as Agents)

Defendant:

Re:

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2008) 3435 final of 16 July 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] 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 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C2/38.698 — CISAC), in so far as it concerns Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto ry; |
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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 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C2/38.698 — CISAC), in so far as it concerns Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto ry;

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

| 3. | Dismisses the remainder of the action; |
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Dismisses the remainder of the action;

| 4. | Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and pay one half of Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto’s costs; |
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Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and pay one half of Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto’s costs;

| 5. | Orders Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto to bear one half of its own costs; |
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Orders Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto to bear one half of its own costs;

| 6. | Orders Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto and the Commission to each bear their own costs relating to the interim relief proceedings. |
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Orders Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto and the Commission to each bear their own costs relating to the interim relief proceedings.

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(1)  OJ C 313, 6.12.2008.

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