CELEX: 62013CA0067
Language: en
Date: 2014-09-11 00:00:00
Title: Case C-67/13 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 September 2014  — Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) v European Commission, BNP Paribas, BPCE, formerly Caisse Nationale des Caisses d’Épargne and de Prévoyance (CNCEP), Société Générale SA (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Article 81(1) EC — Payment cards system in France — Decision by an association of undertakings — Issuing market — Pricing measures applicable to ‘new entrants’  — Membership fee, mechanism for ‘regulating the acquiring function’ and ‘dormant member “wake-up” ’ mechanism — Concept of restriction of competition ‘by object’  — Examination of the degree of harm to competition)

17.11.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 409/8
            
         Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 September 2014 — Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) v European Commission, BNP Paribas, BPCE, formerly Caisse Nationale des Caisses d’Épargne and de Prévoyance (CNCEP), Société Générale SA
   (Case C-67/13 P) (1)
   
   ((Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Article 81(1) EC - Payment cards system in France - Decision by an association of undertakings - Issuing market - Pricing measures applicable to ‘new entrants’ - Membership fee, mechanism for ‘regulating the acquiring function’ and ‘dormant member “wake-up”’ mechanism - Concept of restriction of competition ‘by object’ - Examination of the degree of harm to competition))
   2014/C 409/10
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) (represented by: F. Pradelles, O. Fauré and C. Ornellas-Chancerelles, avocats, and by J. Ruiz Calzado, abogado)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: O. Beynet, V. Bottka and B. Mongin, acting as Agents), BNP Paribas (represented by: O. de Juvigny, D. Berg and P. Heusse, avocats), BPCE, formerly Caisse Nationale des Caisses d’Épargne and de Prévoyance (CNCEP) (represented by: A. Choffel, S. Hautbourg, L. Laidi and R. Eid, avocats), Société Générale SA (represented by: P. Guibert and P. Patat, avocats)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1)
            
            
               Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 29 November 2012 in Case T-491/07 CB v Commission;
            
         
               2)
            
            
               Refers the case back to the General Court of the European Union;
            
         
               3)
            
            
               Reserves the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 114, 20.4.2013.