CELEX: C2006/224/03
Language: en
Date: 2006-09-16 00:00:00
Title: Case C-74/04 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 July 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Volkswagen AG (Appeal — Competition — Article 81(1) EC — Distribution of motor vehicles — Meaning of agreements between undertakings — Proof of the existence of an agreement)

16.9.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 224/2
            
         Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 July 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Volkswagen AG
   (Case C-74/04 P) (1)
   
   (Appeal - Competition - Article 81(1) EC - Distribution of motor vehicles - Meaning of ‘agreements between undertakings’ - Proof of the existence of an agreement)
   (2006/C 224/03)
   Language of the case: German
   Parties
   
      Appellant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: W. Mölls, Agent, H.-J. Freund, Rechtsanwalt)
   
      Other party to the proceedings: Volkswagen AG (represented by: R. Bechtold and S. Hirsbrunner, Rechtsanwälte)
   Re:
   Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 3 December 2003 in Case T-208/01 Volkswagen AG v Commission, annulling Commission Decision 2001/711/EC of 29 June 2001 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty (Case COM P/F-2/36.693 — Volkswagen) (OJ 2001 L 262, p. 14) — Conduct of Volkswagen vis-à-vis its German dealers in connection with the marketing of the new ‘Volkswagen Passat Variant’ model
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court hereby:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 94, 17.4.2004.