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Afgørelsen vedrørte det finske marked for papir til tidsskrifter og finpapir i ruller.
APPLICATION OF THE COMPETITION RULES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION milk).
Endelig skal nævnes konkurrencemyndighedens afgørelse af 24. oktober 1997. der idømte Valio Oy en bøde på 5 mio. FIM for misbrug af" dominerende stilling på markedet for mælkeprodukter i Finland (mælk. creme og tykmælk). Valio havde anvendt et rabatsystem, hvorefter de handlende lik rabat på engrospriserne for flydende mælkeprodukter beregnet som gennemsnittet af samtlige leverede produkter.
Valio gave traders rebates on the wholesale price of liquid milk products on the basis of the averagevalue of all products supplied; in order to obtain the maximum rebate, traders were obliged to secure allof their supplies of dairy products from Valio, thereby tying them to the company and excluding smallercompetitors.
Der er tale om en konkurrencebegrænsende praksis, der ligeledes er forbudt ifølge EF-traktatens artikel 86.
This also constitutes an unfair competitive practice, which is also prohibited by Article 86 ofthe Treaty.
Aftaler om misbrug af dominerende stilling
Agreements and abuses of a dominant position
Fire procedurer har i førsteinstans i konkurrencerådet givet anledning til direkte anvendelse al" EU's konkurrenceregler.
The Community rules were applied in four proceedings before the Competition Council (Conseil de la Concurrence) as court of first instance.
I tre afgørelser'^ erklærede konkurrencerådet visse konkurrencebegrænsende klausuler i forhandlingsaftaler for ulovlige efter EF-traktatens artikel 85, stk. 1.
In three decisions,127the Competition Council held that restrictive clauses in distribution contracts wereunlawful under Article 85(1).
Disse klausuler, der vil kunne påvirke samhandelen mellem medlemsstaterne, omhandlede: i de to tilfælde en fuldstændig geografisk beskyttelse i det tredje tilfælde et specialiseringskrav, der blev kendt diskriminerende, idel det betød, at salg af Rolex-produkter udelukkende kunne foregå via de traditionelle urmager- og guldsmedeforretninger og ikke via andre forretninger.
The clauses which were liable to affect trade between Member States contained the following terms: in two cases, absolute territorial protection;in the third case, a requirement of specialisation which was considered discriminatory in that itreserved the selective distribution of Rolex products to traditional outlets and jewellers and not toany other categories of traders.
Misbrug af dominerende stilling
Abuse of a dominant position
Den praksis, som den historiske operatør France Telecom anvendte, hvorefter selskabets eget datterselskab Transpac fik gratis adgang til Numcris-nettet, blev betegnet som misbrug al' en dominerende stilling i medför af artikel 8612''. Transpac kunne anvende denne fordel i sine tilbud til skadefor den konkurrerende teknologi - VSTA - der blev udbudt af et datterselskab af British Telecom.
The practice of the original operator, France Telecom, in granting free access to the Numeris network toits own subsidiary, Transpac, was held to be an abuse of a dominant position under Article 86.128
Afgørelse nr. 97 D-21 af 25. marts 1997. nr. 97 D-68 af 23. september 1997 og nr. 96 D-72 al' I I. november 1996.
It acceded to the request, which is the second occasion on which France hasapplied Article 9 of Regulation No 4064/89 (the first occasion being in 1994 in the Holdercim/Cedestcase).
Afgørelse nr. 97 D-53 af 1. juli 1997.
Decisions No 97 D-21 of 25 March 1997, No 97 D-68 of 23 September 1997 and No 96 D-72 of 11 November 1996.Decision No 97 D-53 of 1 July 1997.
Konkurrencemyndigheden har heller ikke behandlet fusionsager inden for rammerne af den henvisningsmulighed der er fastsat i artikel 9 i forordning nr. 4064/89.
Likewise, the Authority has not dealt with any mergers in relation to the reference procedure under Article 9 of Regulation No 4064/89.
Der har ikke været tale om decentraliseret anvendelse af artikel 85 og 86 i Nederlandene i den omhandlede periode.
In the Netherlands the national authorities did not apply Articles 85 and 86 during the reference period.
Appelretten for økonomiske anliggender (College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven) afviste Eurocards indvending mod den afvisning af selskabets appel, som præsidenten for appeldomstolen havde besluttet på grund al' manglende betaling af retsgebyrer.
The Administrative Court of Last Instance in Matters of Trade and Industry (College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven) dismissed Eurocard's application against the decision of the President of the Court that anappeal lodged by Eurocard was inadmissible for failure to pay registry charges.
Sagen vedrørte en afgørelse, som økonomiministeriet efter en klage havde truffet, og som indebar en afvisning af at undtage Eurocard fra dekretet om horisontale prisaftaler.
Eurocard's appeal wassubmitted against the decision of the Minister of Economic Affairs, acting on a complaint, whereby Eurocard was refused exemption under the Decree on horizontal agreements on prices.
Appeller indgivet af VISA, American Express og Diners Club mod lignende beslutninger, der også var truffet efter klager, blev ligeledes afvist af" appeldomstolen. I alle disse tilfælde drejede det sig om, at kreditkortselskaberne havde forbudt de operatører, der anvender kortene, at fakturere ekstraomkostninger for visse kunder, dvs. reglen om ikke-diskriminering.
The Court alsodismissed the appeals submitted by Visa, American Express and Diners Club against similar decisions,adopted in response to complaints, involving credit-card companies' practice of prohibiting traders fromcharging extra costs to certain customers, i.e. the "non-discrimination rule".
Appeldomstolens afgørelse betød at disse bestemmelser blev erklæret ugyldige.
In those judgments the Courtruled that those prohibitions were null.
Appeldomstolen mente, at de nederlandske myndigheder var kompetente til at behandle denne sag, selv om Kommissionen - uden at indlede den officielle procedure - allerede havde afgivet en udtalelse.
It considered that the Dutch authorities had power to intervene inthe case even though the Commission had already indicated its opinion, although without formalproceedings having been initiated.
De nederlandske myndigheder skulle imidlertid rette sig efter Kommissionens udtalelse.
The Dutch authorities were nevertheless required to comply with the Commission's opinion.
Den 10. marts 1997 indrømmede økonomiministeren sammen med ministeren for undervisning, kultur og videnskab. Koninklijke Vereniging ter Bevordering van de Belangen des Boekhandels (KVB -sammenslutning til fremme af" boghandlernes interesser) en fritagelse fra prisbindingsforbuddct angående KVB-reglerne om handel med bøger i Nederlandene.
On 10 March the Minister of Economic Affairs, after consulting the Secretary of State for Education,Culture and Science, granted the Royal Association for the Promotion of the Interests of Booksellers and Publishers (Koninklijke Verenigingter Bevordering van de Belangen des Boekhandels) exemption fromthe prohibition on retail price maintenance in respect of its regulation of the book trade in the Netherlands.
Fritagelsen gælder indtil år 2005.
The exemption is to last until 2005.
Konkurrencerådet har anvendt de gældende konkurrenceregler i fem tilfælde. Det drejede sig om to tilfælde af" leveringsnægtelse (beklædningsartikler) til et stormagasin inden for rammerne af et selektivt distributionssystem; salg af' tv-rettigheder til professionelle fodboldturneringer; misbrug af en dominerende stilling på markedet for distribution af tobaksvarer og et formodet misbrug af flere certificerede mærker af hybrid majs inden for rammerne af et selektivt distributionssystem.
In applying the Portuguese competition rules, the Competition Council (Conselho da Concurrencies)adopted decisions in five cases involving the following issues: two cases of refusal to supply products(items of clothing) to a supermarket under a selective distribution system; sale of television broadcastingrights in professional football matches; abuse of a dominant position on the tobacco-distribution market;and abuse of a selective distribution system for various brands of grain certified to constitute hybrid maize.No fines were imposed in any of those cases.
Ingen af disse procedurer medførte bodestraf.
No case involved the direct application of the Community competition rules.
1 1997 modtog konkurrencemyndigheden 23 fusionsanmeldelser. hvoraf 22 inden for følgende sektorer: industri (15). handel (5). tjenesteydelser (2).
Authority's decision was appealed to the Stockholm District Court, that body reviewed the decision onlyin that Stora, MoDo and Munsksjo were granted exemption for their cooperation within Sydved for atransitional period while that cooperation was gradually discontinued.
I Sverige har konkurrencemyndigheden ikke mulighed for direkte at anvende artikel 85. stk. 1, og artikel 86.
The Tribunal thus upheldthe judgment of the Stockholm District Court to the effect that no intervention was required.
Spørgsmålet behandles imidlertid i økonomi- og handelsministeriet.
The Commission had already sent a comfort letter stating that an indepth enquiry was unnecessary in view ofthe negligible effect of the enterprises' cooperation on trade between Member States.
Flere af de afgørelser, der er truffet på grundlag af de svenske konkurrenceregler, har imidlertid EU-interesse.
However, the Competition Authority considered that the agreement was in breach of the Competition Act.
Som det fremgår af den 26. beretning om konkurrencepolitikken har konkurrencemyndigheden fastslået, at en prisaftale indgået mellem virksomheder inden for skovbrugssektoren, Stora.
The Competition Authority considered that Nitro Nobel AB, an explosives manufacturer, had abused itsdominant position by granting to a sales company marketing terms more favourable than those granted toother companies with a view to eliminating competition and binding some of its customers through anexclusive purchasing agreement.
MoDo og Munsksjö inden for rammerne af den fælles indkøbscentral Sydved var forbudt ifølge konkurrencereglerne.
This meant that Nitro Nobel AB's competitors experienced greaterdifficulty in distributing their products.
Konkurrencemyndighedens afgørelse blev appelleret til førsteinstansretten i Stockholm, der kun ændrede afgørelsen på den måde. at der blev indrømmet en undtagelse for Stora.
The Authority brought the proceedings before the Stockholm District Court, seeking an order that Nitro Nobel should pay SEK 5 million for its breach ofthe competition rules.
Markedsdomstolen stadfæstede derved førsteinstansrettens afgørelse om ikkeindblanding i samarbejdet.
Swedish dairy associations, members of agricultural cooperatives, sought negative clearance andexemption for their cooperation in the dairy sector.
Kommissionen havde tidligere fremsendt en administrativ skrivelse, hvoraf det fremgik, at det ikke var nødvendigt med en tilbundsgående undersogelse på grund af samarbejdets ubetydelige følger for samhandelen mellem medlemsstaterne.
The Competition Authority decided that the dairyassociation's cooperation on production and marketing under a common brand constituted aninfringement of competition and contributed to maintaining geographic market-sharing.
Konkurrencemyndigheden metile derimod, at aftalen var i strid med konkurrencereglerne.
The dairyassociations restructured their activities and the Authority in certain cases granted an exemption in orderto facilitate restructuring.
Konkurrencemyndigheden mente, at sprængstofvirksomheden Nitro Nobel AB havde misbrugt sin dominerende stilling ved at give ét handelsselskab bedre betingelser end andre forhandlere for at fjerne importkonkurrencen og binde visse kunder via eksklusive købsaftaler.
The 1996 Competition Report indicates that the Competition Authority instituted proceedings before the Stockholm District Court against Statens Jarnvagar (SJ), the state railways undertaking, requesting the Court to impose a fine for infringement of the competition rules in the BK case.
Det betød, at det blev meget vanskeligere for konkurrenterne til Nitro Nobel AB at sælge deres produkter.
SJ requested anexemption, arguing that the Competition Authority and SJ, a commercial enterprise, form part of thesame legal person i.e. the State.
Konkurrencemyndigheden indbragte sagen for førstcinstansretten i Stockholm med henblik på at fã idømt Nitro Nobel AB en bøde på 5 mio. SEK for overtrædelse af konkurrencereglerne.
When the Court did not uphold that plea, SJ appealed to the Market Tribunal, which held that there was nothing to prevent the Authority from instituting court proceedings tooblige SJ to pay a fine for infringing the competition rules.
De svenske landbrugskooperativers mejeriforeninger har i en række tilfælde ansøgt om negativattest eller fritagelse for deres samarbejde på mejeriområdet.
The Competition Authority dealt with a number of competition cases involving the market in postalservices, which is now deregulated.
Konkurrencemyndigheden fastslog, at mejeriforeningemes samarbejde om produktion og salg under et fælles mærke er konkurrencebegrænsende og bidrager lil at opretholde en geografisk opdeling af markedet.
In one case the Stockholm District Court found for the Authority andimposed a fine of SEK 3.8 million on Posten Sverige AB for infringing the competition rules bynegligently abusing its dominant position on the market in the distribution of mail-order companies'parcels.
Mcjcriforcningcme har omstruktureret deres virksomhed og konkurrencemyndigheden har i visse tilfælde indrømmet en undtagelse for at fremme en sådan omstnikturering.
In another case Posten Sverige AB requested negative clearance concerning the principle ofaccess for other postal operators to its post-office box facilities.
Det fremgår af den 26. beretning om konkurrencepolitikken, at konkurrencemyndigheden havde anlagt sag ved førsteinstansretten i Stockholm for at få de statslige jernbaner (»Statens ,lärnvägar«-SJ) idømt en bøde for overtrædelse af" konkurrencereglerne i den såkaldte BK-sag.
Concentration on financial markets was increased through cooperation between banks, on the one hand,and between banks and insurance companies, on the other.
SJ havde ansøgt om en fritagelse med den begrundelse, at konkurrencemyndigheden og SJ, der er en handelsvirksomhed, henhører under samme juridiske person, nemlig staten.
The Competition Authority did not take actionwhen Sparbanken Sverige acquired Foreningsbank.
Førstcinstansretten afviste anmodningen.
Sparbanken Sverige, the Swedish Savings Bank,undoubtedly holds a strong position but is not dominant.
SJ appellerede afgørelsen til markedsdomstolen, der fastslog, at der ikke er noget til hinder for, at konkurrencemyndigheden henvender sig til domstolene for at få SJ idømt en bøde for overtrædelse af konkurrencereglerne.
Likewise, the Competition Authority did notintervene in S-E-Bank's acquisition of Trygg-Hansa. The two enterprises' businesses are life assurance
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Konkurrencemyndigheden har behandlet en række konkurrencesager om det nu deregulerede marked for posttjenester.
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I en af disse sager fastslog førsteinstansretten i Stockholm på begæring af konkurrencemyndigheden, at Posten Sverige AB (postvæsenet) skal betale 3,8 mio. SEK for overtrædelse af konkurrencereglerne.
Regarding increased concentration, the number of specialised banks has increased and the Competition Authority dealt with some cases involving the banks' access to transfer and automatic-tellerfacilities.
Selskabet har ved uagtsomhed gjort sig skyldigt i misbrug af en dominerende stilling på markedet for distribution afpostordrcpakker.
C - Application of the Community competition rules by courtsin the Member States
Der blev en storre koncentration på de finansielle markeder på grund af samarbejdet mellem banker og mellem banker og forsikringsselskaber.
This section does not include judgments delivered by courts with jurisdiction over decisions of nationalcompetition authorities.
Konkurrencemyndigheden greb ikke ind i forbindelse med Sparbanken Sveriges opkøb af Föreningsbank. Den nye bank indtager ganske vist en stærk, men ikke dominerende stilling.
These judgments were mentioned in the previous section (Application of the Community competition rules by national authorities).
C - De nationale domstoles anvendelse af EU's konkurrenceregler
The judgments of the German civil courts delivered in 1997 applying Community competition law andnotified to the Federal Cartel Office are indicated below.
I dette afsnit omtales ikke domme, der er afsagt af domstole, der har skullet tage stilling til lovligheden af de afgørelser, der er truffet af en national konkurrencemyndighed.
Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshoj), judgment of 11 January 1997, KRV 25/91 (P-17/91)
Disse domme er nævnt i det foregående afsnit (De nationale myndigheders anvendelse af EU's konkurrenceregler).
Abandonment of claims in appeal proceedings; order of costs against appellant; the Federal Cartel Officewas upheld in prohibiting the appellant from engaging in certain activities concerning motor vehicleconcession holders in connection with hire-purchase.
Kun 8 medlemsstaters konkurrencemyndigheder (Tyskland Østrig, Belgien, Danmark, Frankrig.
Frankfurt am Main Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht), judgment of 12 February 1997,11 U (Kart) 18/69, (P-150/95)
Italien, Nederlandene og Det Forenede Kongerige) har givet meddelelse om afgørelser truffet af en national domstol under anvendelse af EU's konkurrenceregler eller afgørelser, hvor EF-Domstolen blev anmodet om at afgøre et præjudicielt spørgsmål.
Pricing practices of the plaintiff in the supply of telephone cards not abusive (Article 138 of the Civil Code (Biirgerliches Gesetzbuch); Section 26(2) of the GWB; Article 86 of the EC Treaty).
1 1997 tral" de tyske civildomstolc følgende afgørelser om anvendelsen af EU's konkurrenceregler, hvorom forbundskartclkontorct blev informeret:
The validity of an exclusive purchasing contract concerning ice creams; contracts for the supply ofrefrigerators conditional on an additional exclusive dealing clause and indicated recommended prices donot lead to revocation of exemption (Article 85; Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1984/83).
Tilbagekaldelse af' en klage i en appelsag: sagsøger idømt betaling af sagens omkostninger, da forbundskartclkontorct med fuld ret havde forbudt forskellige former for praksis over for bilforhandlere med hensyn til leasing.
A reference was made to the European Court of Justice on the applicability of Articles 85 and 90 tocontracts on concessions and a prohibition of competition on behalf of the local-authority energydistributor in an agreement on the installation of a natural gas link concluded between the local authorityand another energy distributor.
Ikke-anvendelsc af urimelige priser i forbindelse med klagerens levering af telefonkort (artikel 138 BGB »Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch«: art. 26. stk. 2. »Gczctz gegen Wcttbewcrbsbcschränkungen«-GWB; artikel 86 i EF-traktaten).
Application of a perfume retailer under Article 823(2) of the Civil Code in conjunction with Article 85(1)of the EC Treaty concerning the supply of cosmetic products to be warehoused.
Eksklusiv købsaftale på konsumisområdet; yderligere eneretsklausuler i kontrakterom levering af frysere og vejledende priser medførte ikke tilbagekaldelse af fritagelsen (artikel 85: forordning nr. 1984/83).
Obligation to compensate the loss and injury resulting from the establishment of Telekom-GU before theconditions applicable to the Commission's exemption decisions were fulfilled (Articles 823 and 1004 ofthe Civil Code; Section 1 of the Unfair Competition Act (UWG); Article 85 of the EC Treaty),
Højesteret, dom af" 11.3.1997. ref: KZR 2/96, (P­104/94)
Dusseldorf Regional Court, judgment of 18 April 1997, 38 O (Kart) 33/97 (P-54/97)
Sagsanlæg fra en detailhandler inden for parfumerivarer på grundlag af artikel 823, stk. 2. i BGB sammen med EF­traktatens artikel 85. stk. 1. om levering af kosmetik til lager.
There is no claim for an injunction against central health-insurance funds to determine fixed sums since ithas not been proved that there has been a breach of Article 85 of the EC Treaty or that the applicant isdirectly concerned (provisional measures; Section 35 of the GWB read in conjunction with Articles 823(2) and 1004 of the Civil Code); there is recourse to the ordinary courts although thedetermination under Section 35 of the Social Security Code has been made (Sections 87 and 97 of the GWB).
Forpligtelse til at erstatte det tab, der skyldes oprettelse af' Tclekom­GU, for betingelserne for Kommissionens beslutningerom fritagelse var opfyldt (artikel 823, 1004 BGB: artikel 1 i UWG (lov om bekæmpelse af illoyal eller ulovlig konkurrence); artikel 85 i EF­traktatcn).
Prohibition of the grant of commissions on life assurance under Point I of the 1934 Decree of the Reichprivate insurance supervision authority is not contrary to Article 3g, the second paragraph of Article 5 or Article 85(1) of the EC Treaty.
Intet påbud om, at de centrale sygekasser skulle ophore med at fastsætte faste beløb, da det ikke var fastslået, at EF­traktatens artikel 85 var overtrådt, eller at sagsøgeren var direkte berørt (foreløbig foranstaltning: artikel 35 i GWB sammen med artikel 1004 og artikel 823, stk. 2, i BGB); kompetence tillagt de almindelige domstole, selv om det blev besluttet, at der skal ske en fastsættelse (artikel 87 og 97 i GWB) på basis af artikel 35 i den tyske sygesikringslov (Sozialgcsctzbuch eller SGB).
Claim under Section 1 of the UWG to cease and discontinue certain forms of remailing; reliance onreservation of right to carry mail under Section 2(1) of the Post Act is not contrary to Articles 86 and 90of the EC Treaty.
Forbud mod provisionsrabatter for livsforsikringer i medfør af punkt 1 i dekretet fra den tyske overvågningsmyndighed for private livsforsikringer (»Rcichsaufsichtsamtes flir Privat Versicherung«) fra 1934 strider ikke mod artikel 3 g. artikel 5, stk. 2, eller artikel 85. stk. I.
A contract for supplies to service stations was invalid on formal grounds; applicability of Section 34 ofthe GWB to contracts covered by a block exemption.
Krav ¡følge artikel 1 i UWG om ophor af visse former l'or »remailing«; anvendelse af postmonopolet i medfør af artikel 2, stk. 1, i loven om posttjenester, er ikke en overtrædelse af artikel 86 og 90.
Prohibition of the applicant from claiming that it holds the television rights to certain motor racingcompetitions or that it is authorised to market them (Articles 823 and 1004 of the Civil Code; Article 85of the EC Treaty; injunction).
Ugyldighedskendelse for en aftale om levering til benzinstationer på grund af formfejl; anvendelse al' artikel 34 i GWB på aftaler, der er omfattet afen gruppefritagelsesforordning.
The defendants were not entitled to access to selective distribution arrangements after the plaintiffoffered to supply an unauthorised trader (Article 823 of the Civil Code in conjunction with Article 85 ofthe EC Treaty; Sections 26(2) and 35 of the GWB).
Førsteinstansretten i Frankfurt, dom af 4.6.1997. ref: 2/6 O 84/97, (P­80/97)
Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court, judgment of 29 July 1997, U (Kart) 13/97 (P-54/97)
Det blev forbudt sagføreren at påstå, at han ejede tv­rettighedeme til visse motorsportskonkurrencer, eller al han havde ret til at sælge disse rettigheder (artikel 823, 1004 i BGB, EF­traktatens artikel 85; foreløbig afgørelse).
Although it was foreseeable that there would be an infringement of Article 85 of the EC Treaty ifamounts fixed under Article 35 of the Social Security Code were reduced, no injunction was issued sincethe determining factor was that the balance of the interests involved indicated a risk of creating aprecedent in favour of the defendant, which was decisive (Article 935 of the Code of Civil Procedure).
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