CELEX: 62009CN0439
Language: en
Date: 2009-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Case C-439/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Paris (France) lodged on 10 November 2009 — Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique SAS v Président de l’Autorité de la Concurrence, Ministre de l’Economie de l’Industrie et de l’Emploi

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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 24/27
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Paris (France) lodged on 10 November 2009 — Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique SAS v Président de l’Autorité de la Concurrence, Ministre de l’Economie de l’Industrie et de l’Emploi
   (Case C-439/09)
   2010/C 24/49
   Language of the case: French
   
      Referring court
   
   Cour d’appel de Paris
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique SAS
   
      Defendants: Président de l’Autorité de la Concurrence, Ministre de l’Economie de l’Industrie et de l’Emploi
   
      Question referred
   
   Does a general and absolute ban on selling contract goods to end users via the Internet, imposed on authorised distributors in the context of a selective distribution network, in fact constitute a ‘hardcore’ restriction of competition by object for the purposes of Article 81(1) EC which is not covered by the block exemption provided for by Regulation No 2790/1999 (1) but which is potentially eligible for an individual exemption under Article 81(3) EC?
   
      (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2790/1999 of 22 December 1999 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices (OJ 1999 L 336 p. 21)