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# 61989O0076

**Order of the President of the Court of 11 May 1989. - Radio Telefis Eireann and others v Commission of the European Communities. - Competition - Abuse of a dominant position - Pratices preventing the publishing and sale of comprehensive weekly television guides. - Joined cases 76, 77 and 91/89 R.** 
  
*European Court reports 1989 Page 01141*

  

[Parties](#I1)  
[Grounds](#MO)  
[Operative part](#DI)

## Keywords

  
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Application for interim measures - Suspension of operation - Conditions for grant - Serious and irreparable damage

( EEC Treaty, Art . 185; Rules of Procedure, Art . 83(2 ) )*

## Parties

  
*In Joined Cases 76, 77 and 91/89 R

Radio Telefis Eireann, a statutory authority, whose office is in Dublin, represented by Willy Alexander and Harry Ferment, of the Hague Bar, instructed by Gerald F . McLaughlin, Director of Legal Affairs of Radio Telefis Eireann, and by Eugene F . Collins & Son, solicitors, Dublin, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of Ernest A . L . Arendt, 4 avenue Marie-Thérèse ( Case 76/89 R ),

The British Broadcasting Corporation

and

BBC Enterprises Limited, whose offices are in London, represented by Christopher Bellamy QC, Jeremy Lever QC and Rupert Andersen, of the Bar of England and Wales, instructed by Robin Griffith, solicitor, of Clifford Chance, London, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of Loesch and Wolter, 8 rue Zithe ( Case 77/89 R ),

and

Independent Television Publications Limited, whose registered office is in London, represented by Alan Tyrrell QC, instructed by Michael J . Reynolds of Allen and Overy, Brussels, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of Loesch and Wolter, 8 rue Zithe ( Case 91/89 R ),

applicants,

v

Commission of the European Communities, represented by Jacques Bourgeois, a member of its Legal Department, acting as Agent, assisted by Ian Forrester QC, of the Scottish Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the office of Georges Kremlis, a member of the Commission' s Legal Department, Wagner Centre, Kirchberg,

defendant,

supported by

Magill TV Guide Limited, whose registered office is in Dublin, represented by John D . Cooke, Senior Counsel, of the Irish Bar, instructed by Gore and Grimes, solicitors, Dublin, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of Louis Schiltz, 83 boulevard Grande-Duchesse Charlotte,

intervener,

APPLICATION for the suspension of the operation of the Commission decision of 21 December 1988 relating to a proceeding under Article 86 of the EEC Treaty ( IV/31.851, Magill TV Guide/ITP, BBC and RTE ) ( Official Journal 1989, L 78, p . 43 ),

T . Koopmans, President of Chamber,

acting for the President of the Court pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 85 and Article 11 of the Rules of Procedure,

makes the following

Order*

## Grounds

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