CELEX: 62019CA0132
Language: en
Date: 2020-12-09 00:00:00
Title: Case C-132/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 December 2020 — Groupe Canal + v European Commission, French Republic, Union des producteurs de cinéma (UPC), C More Entertainment AB, European Film Agency Directors — EFAD’s, European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Television distribution — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Article 9 and Article 16(1) — Decision making commitments binding — Absolute territorial protection — Misuse of powers — Preliminary assessment — No obligation on the European Commission to take account of considerations relating to the application of Article 101(3) TFEU — Agreements intended to partition national markets — No obligation on the Commission to analyse the relevant national markets one by one — Proportionality — Adverse effect on the contractual rights of third parties)

8.2.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 44/5
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 December 2020 — Groupe Canal + v European Commission, French Republic, Union des producteurs de cinéma (UPC), C More Entertainment AB, European Film Agency Directors — EFAD’s, European Consumer Organisation (BEUC)
      (Case C-132/19 P) (1)
      
      (Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Television distribution - Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 - Article 9 and Article 16(1) - Decision making commitments binding - Absolute territorial protection - Misuse of powers - Preliminary assessment - No obligation on the European Commission to take account of considerations relating to the application of Article 101(3) TFEU - Agreements intended to partition national markets - No obligation on the Commission to analyse the relevant national markets one by one - Proportionality - Adverse effect on the contractual rights of third parties)
      (2021/C 44/05)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Appellant: Groupe Canal + (represented by: P. Wilhelm, P. Gassenbach and O. de Juvigny, avocats)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: A. Dawes, C. Urraca Caviedes and L. Wildpanner, acting as Agents), French Republic (represented by: E. de Moustier and M. P. Dodeller, acting as Agents), Union des producteurs de cinéma (UPC) (represented by: E. Lauvaux, avocat), C More Entertainment AB, European Film Agency Directors — EFAD’s (represented by: O. Sasserath, avocat), European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) (represented by: A. Fratini, avvocatessa)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                  Annuls the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 12 December 2018, Groupe Canal + v Commission (T-873/16, EU:T:2018:904);
               
            
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                  Annuls the decision of the European Commission of 26 July 2016 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case AT.40023 — Cross-border access to pay-TV);
               
            
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                  Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Groupe Canal + SA, the European Film Agency Directors — EFADs, the Union des producteurs de cinéma (UPC) in the present appeal and the proceedings at first instance and those incurred by C More Entertainment AB in the proceedings at first instance;
               
            
                  4.
               
               
                  Orders the French Republic to bear its own costs;
               
            
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                  Orders the European Consumers’ Organisation (BEUC) to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 131, 8.4.2019.