CELEX: C2004/314/04
Language: en
Date: 2004-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Order of the Court (Third Chamber) of 27 September 2004 in Case C-470/02 P: Union européenne de radio-télévision (UER) against Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — Competition — Agreements — Joint acquisition of television rights for international sporting events — Access of third parties to those rights — Article 81(3) EC — Appeal manifestly unfounded)

18.12.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 314/2
            
         
      ORDER OF THE COURT
   
   (Third Chamber)
   of 27 September 2004
   in Case C-470/02 P: Union européenne de radio-télévision (UER) against Commission of the European Communities (1)
   
   (Appeal - Competition - Agreements - Joint acquisition of television rights for international sporting events - Access of third parties to those rights - Article 81(3) EC - Appeal manifestly unfounded)
   (2004/C 314/04)
   Language of the case: French
   In Case C-470/02 P, Union européenne de radio-télévision (UER), established in Grand-Saconnex (Switzerland) (lawyers: D. Waelbroeck and M. Johnsson) — appeal against the judgment of 8 October 2002 of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) in Joined Cases T-185/00, T-216/00, T-299/00 and T-300/00 M6 and Others v Commission, asking for that judgment to be set aside, the other parties to the proceedings being: Commission of the European Communities, Métropole télévision SA (M6), established in Neuilly-sur-Seine (France) (lawyers: P. Dian and J.-C. André) Antena 3 de Televisión SA, established in Madrid (Spain) (lawyers: S. Muñoz Machado and M. López-Contreras González), Gestevisión Telecinco SA, established in Madrid (Spain) (lawyers: S. Muñoz Machado and M. López-Contreras González), Sociedade Independente de Comunicação SA (SIC), established in Linda-a-Velha (Portugal) (lawyers: C. Botelho Moniz and E. Maia Cadete), Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), Deutsches SportFernsehen GmbH (DSF), established in Ismaning (Germany) (lawyer: K. Metzlaff) and Reti Televisive Italiane SpA (RTI), established in Rome (Italy), (lawyers: G. Amorelli and D. Ciano) — the Court (Third Chamber), composed of A. Rosas (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet, A. Borg Barthet, J. Malenovský, U. Lõhmus, Judges, Advocate General: F. G. Jacobs, Registrar: R. Grass, has given a judgment on 27 September 2004, in which it:
   
               1)
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal.
            
         
               2)
            
            
               Orders the Union européenne de radio-télévision (UER) to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 55 of 8.3.2003.