CELEX: 62007CA0209
Language: en
Date: 2008-11-20 00:00:00
Title: Case C-209/07: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 20 November 2008 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court — Ireland) — The Competition Authority v Beef Industry Development Society Ltd, Barry Brothers (Carrigmore) Meats Ltd (Competition — Article 81(1) EC — Concept of an agreement having as its object the restriction of competition — Agreement to reduce production capacity — Beef and veal)

10.1.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 6/4
            
         Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 20 November 2008 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court — Ireland) — The Competition Authority v Beef Industry Development Society Ltd, Barry Brothers (Carrigmore) Meats Ltd
   (Case C-209/07) (1)
   
   (Competition - Article 81(1) EC - Concept of an ‘agreement having as its object the restriction of competition’ - Agreement to reduce production capacity - Beef and veal)
   (2009/C 6/07)
   Language of the case: English
   Referring court
   Supreme Court
   Parties to the main proceedings
   
      Appellant: The Competition Authority
   
      Respondents: Beef Industry Development Society Ltd, Barry Brothers (Carrigmore) Meats Ltd
   Re:
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Supreme Court, Ireland — Interpretation of Article 81(1) EC — Measures limiting or controlling production — Inclusion of an agreement whose effect is to reduce structural capacity selectively
   Operative part of the judgment
   An agreement with features such as those of the standard form of contract concluded between the 10 principal beef and veal processors in Ireland, who are members of Beef Industry Development Society Ltd, and requiring, among other things, a reduction of the order of 25 % in processing capacity, has as its object the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the meaning of Article 81(1) EC.
   
      (1)  OJ C 140, 23.6.2007.