CELEX: 62016CA0547
Language: en
Date: 2017-11-23 00:00:00
Title: Case C-547/16: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 23 November 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo — Spain) — Gasorba SL, Josefa Rico Gil, Antonio Ferrándiz González v Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos SA (Competition — Article 101 TFEU — Agreements between undertakings — Business relationships between service station operators and oil companies — Long-term exclusive supply agreement for fuel — European Commission decision making an undertaking’s commitments binding — Extent to which national courts are bound by a commitment decision adopted by the Commission — Articles 9(1) and 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003)

22.1.2018   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 22/15
            
         Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 23 November 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo — Spain) — Gasorba SL, Josefa Rico Gil, Antonio Ferrándiz González v Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos SA
   (Case C-547/16) (1)
   
   ((Competition - Article 101 TFEU - Agreements between undertakings - Business relationships between service station operators and oil companies - Long-term exclusive supply agreement for fuel - European Commission decision making an undertaking’s commitments binding - Extent to which national courts are bound by a commitment decision adopted by the Commission - Articles 9(1) and 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003))
   (2018/C 022/19)
   Language of the case: Spanish
   
      Referring court
   
   Tribunal Supremo
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicants: Gasorba SL, Josefa Rico Gil, Antonio Ferrándiz González
   
      Defendant: Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos SA
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Article 16(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles [101 TFEU] and [102 TFEU] must be interpreted as meaning that a commitment decision concerning certain agreements between undertakings, adopted by the European Commission under Article 9(1) of that regulation, does not preclude national courts from examining whether those agreements comply with the competition rules and, if necessary, declaring those agreements void pursuant to Article 101(2) TFEU.
   
      (1)  OJ C 22, 23.1.2017.