Case C-142/13: Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 27 March 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona — Spain) — Bright Service SA v Repsol Comercial de Produtos Petrolíferos SA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Article 81 EC — Exclusive purchasing agreement — Exemption — Regulation (EEC) No 1984/83 — Agreement to which the exemption applies — Regulation (EC) No 2790/1999 — Agreement to which the exemption does not apply — Temporal effects of the exemption)
Date: 2014-03-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: contract terms, inter-company agreement, oil industry, restriction on competition, vertical agreement








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16.6.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 184/4





Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 27 March 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona — Spain) — Bright Service SA v Repsol Comercial de Produtos Petrolíferos SA
(Case C-142/13) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Article 81 EC - Exclusive purchasing agreement - Exemption - Regulation (EEC) No 1984/83 - Agreement to which the exemption applies - Regulation (EC) No 2790/1999 - Agreement to which the exemption does not apply - Temporal effects of the exemption))
2014/C 184/05
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona — Spain

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Bright Service SA

Defendant: Repsol Comercial de Produtos Petrolíferos SA

Re:

Request for a preliminary ruling — Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona — Interpretation of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1984/83 of 22 June 1983 on the application of Article 85(3) of the Treaty to categories of exclusive purchasing agreements (OJ 1983 L 173, p. 5) and Article 3(1) and (5)(a) and Article 12(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2790/1999 of 22 December 1999 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices (OJ 1999 L 336, p. 21) — Temporal effects — Exclusive distribution agreement for motor-vehicle fuels and other fuels between a supplier and a service station operator — Agreement concluded under Regulation No 1984/83 having effect after the entry into force of Regulation No 2790/1999 — Agreement which does not satisfy the requirements of those two regulations

Operative part of the order

Article 12(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2790/1999 of 22 December 1999 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices must be interpreted as meaning that a contract — containing a non-compete clause — which was already in force on 31 May 2000 and which satisfies the conditions laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1984/83 of 22 June 1983 on the application of Article 85(3) of the Treaty to categories of exclusive purchasing agreements, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1582/97 of 30 July 1997, but which does not satisfy the conditions of Regulation No 2790/1999, is excepted, under Article 12(2), from the scope of Article 81(1) EC only until 31 December 2001.


(1)  OJ C 178, 22. 6. 2013.