CELEX: C2007/155/36
Language: en
Date: 2007-07-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-151/01: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 24 May 2007 — Duales System Deutschland v Commission (Competition — Abuse of a dominant position — Collection and recovery system for packaging carrying the Der Grüne Punkt logo and put into circulation in Germany — Decision finding abuse of a dominant position — Barrier to entry — Fee payable under the Trade Mark Agreement )

7.7.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 155/19
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 24 May 2007 — Duales System Deutschland v Commission
   (Case T-151/01) (1)
   
   (Competition - Abuse of a dominant position - Collection and recovery system for packaging carrying the Der Grüne Punkt logo and put into circulation in Germany - Decision finding abuse of a dominant position - Barrier to entry - Fee payable under the ‘Trade Mark Agreement’)
   (2007/C 155/36)
   Language of the case: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Der Grüne Punkt — Duales System Deutschland GmbH, formerly Der Grüne Punkt — Duales System Deutschland AG (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: W. Deselaers, B. Meyring, E. Wagner and C. Weidemann, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: initially by S. Rating, and subsequently by P. Oliver, H. Gading and M. Schneider, and finally by W. Mölls and R. Sauer, Agents)
   
      Interveners in support of the defendant: Vfw AG (Cologne, Germany) (represented by H.F. Wissel and J. Dreyer, lawyers); Landbell AG für Rückhol-Systeme (Mayence, Germany); and BellandVision GmbH (Pegnitz, Germany) (represented by: A. Rinne and A. Walz, lawyers)
   Re:
   Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2001/463/EC of 20 April 2001 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 82 [EC] (Case COMP D3/34493 — DSD) (OJ 2001 L 166, p. 1)
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the applicant, Der Grüne Punkt — Duales System Deutschland GmbH, to bear its own costs and those incurred by the Commission, Landbell AG Rückhol Systeme and BellandVision GmbH, including those relating to the interlocutory proceedings;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Vfw AG to bear its own costs, including those relating to the interlocutory proceedings.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 289, 13.10.2001.