Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:2
Date: 2017-01-11
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Competition;Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: United Kingdom

Action brought on 27 September 2014 – Topps Europe v Commission (Case T-699/14) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Topps Europe Ltd (Milton Keynes, United Kingdom) (represented by: R. Vidal and A. Penny, Solicitors and B. Kennelly, Barrister) Defendant: European Commission Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul Commission Decision in of 15 July 2014 in Case AT.39899 – Licensing of intellectual property rights for football collectibles, which rejected the applicant's complaint that a number of national football governing bodies and players' associations together with Panini S.p.A., Union des Associations Européennes de Football, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, Fédération Française de Football, Associazione Italiana Calciatori, Real Federación Española de Fútbol, and Deutscher Fußball-Bund had breached Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ; and order the defendant to pay the applicant's cost of these proceedings. Pleas in law and main arguments In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law. First plea in law, alleging that the defendant has seriously infringed the applicant's procedural rights, and as such, the defendant has committed an error of law. Second plea in law, alleging that the defendant's Decision is based on incorrect facts and is subject to a manifest error of appraisal, and as such, the defendant has committed an error of law and/or assessment of the facts.