Case C-280/06: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 11 December 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato v Ente tabacchi italiani — ETI SpA, Philip Morris Products SA, Philip Morris Holland BV, Philip Morris GmbH, Philip Morris Products Inc. and Philip Morris International Management SA; and Philip Morris Products SA, Philip Morris Holland BV, Philip Morris GmbH, Philip Morris Products Inc. and Philip Morris International Management SA v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, Ente tabacchi italiani — ETI SpA; and Philip Morris Products SA, Philip Morris Holland BV, Philip Morris GmbH, Philip Morris Products Inc. and Philip Morris International Management SA v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, Amministrazione autonoma dei monopoli di Stato, Ente tabacchi italiani — ETI SpA (Competition — Imposition of fines where undertakings succeed each other — Principle of personal responsibility — Entities belonging to the same group of undertakings or answering to the same public authority — National law referring to Community competition law as source of interpretation — Questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice)
Date: 2007-12-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: administrative sanction, company law, competition law, interpretation of the law, liability, restriction on competition

23.2.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 51/17

— is not disproportionate in relation to that objective, which means
that the manner in which it is applied must be subject to a trans-
parent procedure based on objective non-discriminatory criteria
known in advance.

It is for the national court to determine whether those conditions are
satisfied.

(1) OJ C 212, 2.9.2006.

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 11 December
2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio
di Stato — Italy) — Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e
del Mercato v Ente tabacchi
italiani — ETI SpA, Philip
Morris Products SA, Philip Morris Holland BV, Philip
Morris GmbH, Philip Morris Products Inc. and Philip
Morris International Management SA; and Philip Morris
Products SA, Philip Morris Holland BV, Philip Morris
GmbH, Philip Morris Products Inc. and Philip Morris
International Management SA v Autorità Garante della
Concorrenza e del Mercato, Ente tabacchi italiani — ETI
SpA; and Philip Morris Products SA, Philip Morris Holland
BV, Philip Morris GmbH, Philip Morris Products Inc. and
Philip Morris International Management SA v Autorità
Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, Amministrazione
autonoma dei monopoli di Stato, Ente tabacchi italiani —
ETI SpA

Respondents: Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato,
Ente tabacchi italiani — ETI SpA

Appellants: Philip Morris Products SA, Philip Morris Holland BV,
Philip Morris GmbH, Philip Morris Products Inc. and Philip
Morris International Management SA

Respondents: Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato,
autonoma dei monopoli di Stato, Ente
Amministrazione
tabacchi italiani — ETI SpA

Re:

Preliminary ruling — Consiglio di Stato — Interpretation of
Article 81 EC — Agreement concerning the sale price of cigar-
ettes in beach of national anti-trust legislation — Attribution to
the legal person which is the economic successor of an under-
liability in respect of breaches committed by that
taking of
undertaking before its activities were taken over by that
successor

Operative part of the judgment

Article 81 EC et seq. must be interpreted as meaning that, in the case
of entities answering to the same public authority, where conduct
amounting to one and the same infringement of the competition rules
was adopted by one entity and subsequently continued until it ceased
by another entity which succeeded the first, which has not ceased to
exist, that second entity may be penalised for that infringement in its
entirety if it is established that those two entities were subject to the
control of the said authority.

(Case C-280/06) (1)

(1) OJ C 224, 16.9.2006.

(Competition — Imposition of
fines where undertakings
succeed each other — Principle of personal responsibility —
Entities belonging to the same group of undertakings or
answering to the same public authority — National law refer-
ring to Community competition law as source of interpretation
— Questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Jurisdiction
of the Court of Justice)

(2008/C 51/27)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings

Appelant: Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato

Respondents: Ente tabacchi
italiani — ETI SpA, Philip Morris
Products SA, Philip Morris Holland BV, Philip Morris GmbH,
Philip Morris Products Inc., Philip Morris International Manage-
ment SA

Appellants: Philip Morris Products SA, Philip Morris Holland BV,
Philip Morris GmbH, Philip Morris Products Inc. and Philip
Morris International Management SA

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 18 Decem-
ber 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the
Bundesfinanzhof (Germany)) — Hans-Dieter Jundt, Hedwig
Jundt v Finanzamt Offenburg

(Case C-281/06) (1)

(Freedom to provide services — Secondary teaching activity —
Concept of ‘remuneration’ — Allowances for professional
expenses — Legislation concerning tax exemption — Condi-
tions — Remuneration paid by a national university)

(2008/C 51/28)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesfinanzhof

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Hans-Dieter Jundt, Hedwig Jundt

Defendant: Finanzamt Offenburg