Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2012:251
Date: 2012-04-26
Language of the case: German
Subject matter: Competition;Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Austria

summary of the law on refusal to issue a licence and on abuse of a dominant position. 49 – Case C‑134/03 Viacom Outdoor [2005] ECR I‑1167, paragraph 27. 50 – See Viacom Outdoor, paragraph 29. 51 – In this sense the case is similar to Case T‑504/93 Tiercé Ladbroke v Commission [1997] ECR II‑923, paragraph 124 where the Court observed that no one had been granted any licence in the relevant geographic market so no discrimination had taken place. Here there is no discrimination because access to the business undertakings register is available to everyone via the billing agencies. 52 – See the Opinion of Advocate General Jacobs in Bronner, point 65. 53 – See Bronner, paragraphs 41 to 46; IMS Health, paragraphs 28, 45 and 49.