CELEX: C2007/199/53
Language: en
Date: 2007-08-25 00:00:00
Title: Case T-266/03: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 July 2007 — CB v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Bankcards — Decision ordering an investigation — Article 14(3) of Regulation No 17 — Statement of reasons — Proportionality)

25.8.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 199/29
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 July 2007 — CB v Commission
   (Case T-266/03) (1)
   
   (Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Bankcards - Decision ordering an investigation - Article 14(3) of Regulation No 17 - Statement of reasons - Proportionality)
   (2007/C 199/53)
   Language of the case: French
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) (Paris, France) (represented by: A. Georges and J. Ruiz Calzado, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: initially T. Christoforou and O. Beynet and then by T. Christoforou and F. Arbault, Agents)
   Re:
   Firstly, action for the annulment of Commission Decision C(2003) 1524/9 of 7 May 2003 in Case COMP/D1/38.606 ordering Groupement des cartes bancaires and its subsidiaries to submit to an investigation under Article 14(3) of Council Regulation No 17: First Regulation implementing Articles [81] and [82] of the Treaty (OJ, English Special Edition, Series I Chapter 1959-1962, p. 87), as amended, and, secondly, action for the removal from the file of all documents and other evidence brought to the knowledge of the Commission during the investigation and for their return to the applicant
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 251, 18.10.2003.