Case C-202/06 P: Order of the Court of 18 December 2007 — Cementbouw Handel & Industrie BV v Commission of the European Communities (Appeals — Competition — Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 — Competence of the Commission — Notification of a concentration having a Community dimension — Commitments proposed by the parties — Effect on the Commission's competence — Authorisation subject to certain commitments — Principle of proportionality)
Date: 2007-12-18
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, General Court (EU), appeal, building materials, cement, dominant position, economic concentration

23.2.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 51/15

Order of the Court of 18 December 2007 — Cementbouw
Handel & Industrie BV v Commission of the European
Communities

(Case C-202/06 P) (1)

(Appeals — Competition — Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 —
Competence of the Commission — Notification of a concentra-
tion having a Community dimension — Commitments
proposed by the parties — Effect on the Commission's compe-
tence — Authorisation subject to certain commitments —
Principle of proportionality)

(2008/C 51/24)

Language of the case: English

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 18 December
2007 (Reference for
a preliminary ruling from the
Audiencia Nacional, Sala de lo Contencioso-Administrativo
— Spain) — Asociación Profesional de Empresas de
v
Reparto

Correspondencia

y Manipulado
Administración General del Estado

de

(Case C-220/06) (1)

(Public procurement — Liberalisation of postal services —
Directives 92/50/EEC and 97/67/EC — Articles 43 EC, 49 EC
and 86 EC — National legislation allowing public authorities
to conclude agreements for the provision of both reserved and
non-reserved postal services with a publicly owned company,
namely the provider of universal postal service in the Member
State concerned, without regard to the rules governing the
award of public service contracts)

Parties

Appellant: Cementbouw Handel & Industrie BV (represented by:
W. Knibbeler, O. Brouwer and P. Kreijger, lawyers)

(2008/C 51/25)

Language of the case: Spanish

Other party to the proceedings: Commission of
the European
Communities (represented by: E. Gippini Fournier, A. Nijenhuis
and A. Whelan, Agents)

Referring court

Action

Audiencia Nacional, Sala de lo Contencioso-Administrativo

(Fourth

Chamber,

the Court of First
Appeal brought against the judgment of
Instance
of
Composition)
Extended
23 February 2006 in Case T-282/02 Cementbouw Handel &
Industrie v Commission, whereby the Court of First Instance
dismissed an application for the annulment of Commission
Decision (2002)2315 final of 26 June 2002 relating to a
procedure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 — Haniel/
Cementbouw/JV (CVK), declaring a concentration entailing the
acquisition of joint control of the cooperative CVK by Franz
Haniel & Cie GmbH and Cememtbouw Handel & Industrie BV
to be compatible with the common market and the EEA Agree-
ment, on condition that certain commitments be complied with
the dominant position created on the
in order
Netherlands market in construction materials for load-bearing
walls — Incorrect interpretation of Articles l, 2, and 3(1) of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 of 21 December 1989
on the control of concentrations between undertakings (OJ 1989
L 395, p. 1) and of Article 8(2) of Council Regulation (EC)
No 1310/97 of 30 June 1997 amending Regulation (EEC)
No 4064/89 (OJ 1997 L 180, p. 1) — Breach of the principle
of proportionality

to correct

Operative part of the judgment

1. Dismisses the appeal;

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Asociación Profesional de Empresas de Reparto y
Manipulado de Correspondencia

Defendant: Administración General del Estado

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Audiencia Nacional, Sala
de lo Contencioso-Administrativo — Interpretation of Directive
97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
15 December 1997 on common rules for the development of
the internal market of Community postal services and the
improvement of quality of service (OJ 1998 L 15, p. 14), as
amended by Directive 2002/39/EC (OJ 2002 L 176, p. 21) —
Agreement concluded without regard to the rules governing the
award of public service contracts between a department of the
State administration and a publicly owned company covering, in
particular, the provision of postal services, including those not
reserved to the universal service providers

2. Orders Cementbouw Handel & Industrie BV to pay the costs.

Operative part of the judgment

(1) OJ C 178, 29.7.2006.

1) Community law must be interpreted as not precluding legislation of
a Member State that allows public authorities to entrust, without
regard to the rules governing the award of public service contracts,
in a manner consistent
the provision of postal services reserved,