CELEX: 62008TA0398
Language: en
Date: 2013-04-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-398/08: Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2013 — Stowarzyszenie Autorów ZAiKS v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Copyright relating to public performance of musical works via the internet, satellite and cable retransmission — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Sharing of the geographic market — Bilateral agreements between national collecting societies — Concerted practices precluding the possibility of granting multi-territory and multi-repertoire licences — Proof — Presumption of innocence)

1.6.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 156/27
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2013 — Stowarzyszenie Autorów ZAiKS v Commission
   (Case T-398/08) (1)
   
   (Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Copyright relating to public performance of musical works via the internet, satellite and cable retransmission - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Sharing of the geographic market - Bilateral agreements between national collecting societies - Concerted practices precluding the possibility of granting multi-territory and multi-repertoire licences - Proof - Presumption of innocence)
   2013/C 156/45
   Language of the case: Polish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Stowarzyszenie Autorów ZAiKS (Warsaw, Poland) (represented by: B. Borkowska and M. Błeszyński, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and K. Mojzesowicz, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment in part of Commission Decision C(2008) 3435 final of 16 July 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C2/38.698 — CISAC).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls Article 3 of Commission Decision C(2008) 3435 final of 16 July 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C2/38.698 — CISAC), in so far as it concerns Stowarzyszenie Autorów ZAiKS);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Annuls Article 4(2) and (3) of Commission Decision C(2008) 3435 final, to the extent that they refer to Article 3 of that decision, in so far as they concern Stowarzyszenie Autorów ZAiKS;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Dismisses the remainder of the action;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission to pay the costs relating to the main proceedings.
            
         
               5.
            
            
               Orders Autorów ZAiKS and the Commission to each bear their own costs relating to the interim relief proceedings.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 285, 8.11.2008.