CELEX: 62008TA0432
Language: en
Date: 2013-04-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-432/08: Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2013 — AKM v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Copyright relating to the 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 practice excluding the possibility of granting multi-territorial, multi-repertoire licences — Evidence — Presumption of innocence)

1.6.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 156/35
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2013 — AKM v Commission
   (Case T-432/08) (1)
   
   (Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Copyright relating to the 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 practice excluding the possibility of granting multi-territorial, multi-repertoire licences - Evidence - Presumption of innocence)
   2013/C 156/61
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Staatlich genehmigte Gesellschaft der Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger reg. Gen. mbH (AKM) (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: H. Wollmann and F. Urlesberger, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, A. Antoniadis and O. Weber, agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the applicant: Republic of Austira (represented by: G. Hesse, C. Pesendorfer, E. Riedl, M. Fruhmann and A. Posch, 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 of the EC Treaty 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 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C2/38.698 — CISAC) in so far as it concerns Staatlich genehmigte Gesellschaft der Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger reg. Gen. mbH (AKM);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Annuls Article 4 of Decision C(2008) 3435 final, to the extent that it refers to Article 3 thereof, in so far as it concerns AKM;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay one half of those incurred by AKM;
            
         
               5.
            
            
               Orders AKM to bear one half of its own costs;
            
         
               6.
            
            
               Orders the Republic of Austria to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 327, 20.12.2008.