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Heraf følger under disse omstændigheder, at når sagsøgeren pålægges at beule renter, er det for at opfylde kravet om at fjerne den økonomiske fordel, som er forbundet med det støttebeløb, der oprindeligt blev ydet, og rentebetalingen er således begrundet i traktatens artikel 93, stk. 2, første afsnit.
Consequently, under Article 93(2) of the Treaty, it is in principle for the Commission, and not for the national authorities, to fix the date from which such interest is to run.
Der skal først uges stilling til de af intervenientens anbringender, der vedrører spørgsmålet om det er foreneligt med fællesskabsretten og Kommissionens hidtidige praksis at kræve beuling af renter af de beløb, der skal tilbagesøges som ulovligt udbetalt støtte.
In the present case, the third paragraph of Article 2 of the decision provides that interest is to run 'from the date on which the illegal aid was received'.
Hvis disse anbringender ikke findes at kunne tages til følge, skal de af sagsøgerens anbringender gennemgås, der vedrører bestemmelserne om medlemsstatens opfyldelse af sin forpligtelse til at pålægge støttemodtageren at betale renter.
Contrary to the applicant's contention, that provision must be interpreted as meaning that interest runs from the date on which the aid was actually made available.
Disse renter kan derfor først påløbe fra den dato, hvor støttemodUgeren faktisk fik de pågældende midler til disposition.
It follows that that provision is consistent with the rules of Community law applicable in the matter.
Det følger heraf, at denne fastsættelse af datoen ikke er en regel om statens opfyldelse af sin forpligtelse til at kræve betaling af renter, men er en målestok for de fordele, virksomheden har fået i strid med den frie konkurrence. Efter traktatens artikel 93, stk. 2, tilkommer det derfor i princippet Kommissionen og ikke de nationale myndigheder at fastsætte den dato, hvorfra renterne skal beregnes.
As regards the alleged frustration of Siemens' legitimate expectation concerning the legality of the aid, it should be noted that, according to the case-law of the Court of Justice, Community law docs not prevent national law from having regard, in connection with the recovery of aid unduly paid, to the protection of legitimate expectations, provided however that the
Det bemærkes, at det i traktatens artikel 93, stk. 2, bestemmes, at når Kommissionen finder, at en statsstøtte er uforenelig med fællesmarkedet i henhold til traktatens artikel 92, eller at denne støtte misbruges, »træffer den beslutning om, at den pågældende stat skal ophæve eller ændre støtteforanstaltningen inden for den tidsfrist, som Kommissionen fastsætter«.
Similarly, the intervener cannot claim that the Decision, in so far as it relates to interest, is not consistent with the practice of the Commission in that field.
Det følger af Domstolens praksis, at denne ophævelse eller ændring for at få effektiv virkning kan indebære en forpligtelse til at kræve tilbagebetaling af støtte, der er ydet i strid med traktaten.
It is apparent from the decisions published in respect of State aid that the Commission had ordered the recovery of interest on the amount of illegal aid, running from the date on which such aid was granted, in several cases prior to the contested decision.
For så vidt som tilbagesøgning af statsstøtte, der er uforenelig med fællesmarkedet, har til formål at genoprette den tidligere tilsund, kan den derfor i princippet ikke betragtes som en foranstaltning, der ikke står i rimeligt forhold til formålene med traktatens bestemmelser om statsstøtte.
That practice was confirmed by the Commission in its Communication of 4 March 1991, in which it informed the Member States of the detailed rules for the recovery of aid found to be incompatible with the rules of the Treaty and required them to recover from the recipients of illegal aid not only the amount of that aid but also interest thereon, running from the date on which the aid was granted.
Heraf følger, at der i en beslutning fra Kommissionen om
Ordered the applicant to pay the costs;
Det følger heraf, at sagsøgeren kun kan påberåbe sig sin berettigede forventning ved de nationale retsinstanser.
Case T-496/93 Alain-Pierre Allo ν Commission of the European Communities Staff case
Intervenienten kan endvidere ikke påstå, at beslutningen, for så vidt angår spørgsmålet om renter, ikke er i overensstemmelse med
(Officials — Appointment — Appointing Authority's discretion — Interests of the service — Reasons — Lack of staff report — Effect on procedure — Procedure for filling middle management posts — Rights of the defence) (Second Chamber)
Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland bærer sine egne omkostninger.*
(Officials - Decision of compulsory reassignment entailing in particular the loss of the indemnity provided for in Article 56(a) of the Staff Regulations — Obligation to give reasons) (Second Chamber)
Sag T-496/93 Alain-Pierre Allo / Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber Personalesag
Case T-7/93 Langnese-Iglo GmbH ν Commission of the European Communities Competition
»Tjenestemænd — udnævnelse — ansættelsesmyndighedens skøn — tjenestens interesse — begrundelse — ingen bedømmelsesrapport — betydning for proceduren — procedure for besættelse af stillingerpå mellemliggende lederniveau -kontradiktion* (Anden Afdeling)
(Competition - Exclusive purchasing agreements for ice-cream — Relevant market — Possible barriers to entry to the market by third parties — Trade between Member States — Comfort letter - Block exemption — Lawfulness of withdrawal of the exemption — Prohibition of concluding exclusive agreements in the future) (Second Chamber, extended composition)
Sag T­583/93 Ρ / Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber Personalesag
The applicant has, by a document lodged on 19 January 1993, brought the present action for the annulment of the decision.
»Tjenestemænd — afgørelse om genplacering truffet ex officio med bla. tab af det i vedtægtens artikel 56b omhandlede tillæg tilfølge — begrundelsespligt* (Anden Afdeling)
In that context, the Commission also reserved the right, in its comfort letter, to reopen the procedure if there was any appreciable change affecting certain matters of law or of fact on which its assessment was based.
Sag T-7/93 Langnese-Iglo GmbH / Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber
Commission in the light of those considerations. It must be borne in mind that the Commission stated that scooping ice-cream and craft-trade ice-cream served for immediate consumption in the street, that is to say without the provision of any catering services, and impulse ice-cream sold at the same place are, from the consumer's point of view, equivalent products.
8.6.1995 »Konkurrence — eksklusive købsaftaler vedrørende konsumis — relevant marked — eventuelle hindringer for tredjemands adgang til markedet — handel mellem medlemsstater — administrativ skrivelse ('comfort letter') — gruppefritagelse — lovligt at lade fordelen ved gruppefritagelse bortfalde —forbud mod at indgå eksklusive købsaftaler fremover* (Anden Afdeling)
As regards industrially produced ice-cream for bulkbuying customers, intended for sale in individual portions, that is to say 'scooping' icecream, the Court finds that the Commission has not put forward any evidence to show that there are different patterns of demand for the two categories of product which could in themselves justify a delimitation of the market which excludes scooping ice-cream sold in the street.
Faktiske omstændigheder virksomhed (salgsstedseksklusivitet), er i strid med EØF-Ttakutens artikel 85, stk. 1.
Consequently, the Court considers that that letter did not prevent the Commission from reopening the procedure in order to examine, in the specific circumstances, the compatibility of the contested supply agreements with the competition rules.
I det omfang, de i artikel 1 nævnte aftaler opfylder betingelserne for gruppefritagelse i henhold til forordning (EØF) nr. 1984/83, bortfalder fordelen ved anvendelse af samme forordning
The Commission defined the product market as comprising industrial impulse ice-cream sold through all distribution channels with the exception of doorstep delivery services.
Den 18. september 1991 indgav Mars GmbH en klage til Kommissionen over sagsøgeren og Schöller under påberåbelse af en overtrædelse af traktatens artikel 85 og 86.
The Court considers, therefore, that it is not necessary to annul the decision for failure to include scooping ice-cream in the product market.
Det forbydes Langnese-Iglo at indgå aftaler af den i artikel 1 omhandlede karakter indtil den 31. december 1997...«
The second pan of the plea: the effect on competition of the exclusive purchasing agreements
Den 23. december 1992 vedtog Kommissionen beslutning 93/406/EØF om en procedure i henhold til traktatens artikel 85, hvis dispositive del lyder således:
In order to establish whether the definition of the market adopted by the Commission is correct, the Court observes, at the outset, that delimitation of the relevant market is essential in order to analyse the effects of the exclusive agreements on competition and, in particular, to analyse the possibilities available to new domestic and foreign competitors to establish themselves in the ice-cream market or to increase their shares thereof.
Ved stævning indleveret den 19. januar 1993 har sagsøgeren anlagt nærværende sag med pastand om annullation af beslutningen.
In that connection, it is settled law that account must be taken of the consumer's point of view.
Anbringendet om en tilsidesættelse af princippet om beskyttelse af den berettigede forventning
The Court must consider whether the Commission has established to the requisite factual and legal standard that the contested supply agreements have, as it contends, an appreciable effect on competition on the market.
Sagsøgeren har gjort gældende, at princippet om
The Court must therefore examine the definition of the product market adopted by the
beskyttelse af den berettigede forventning medfører, at Kommissionen havde pligt til at fastholde den vurdering, den anlagde i den administrative skrivelse.
In view of all the foregoing, and having regard also to the effective duration of the contested agreements, which is around two-and-a-halfyears, the Court considers, from its examination of all the similar agreements concluded in the relevant market and the other aspects of the economic and legal context in which the agreements operate, that the exclusive purchasing agreements concluded by the applicant are liable appreciably to affect competition within the meaning of Article 85(1) of the Treaty.
Det bemærkes, at den nævnte administrative skrivelse under alle omstændigheder ikke kunne være til hinder for, at Kommissionen behandlede den af Mars indgivne klage.
In view of the strong position occupied by the applicant in the relevant market and, in particular, its market share, the Court considers that the agreements contribute significantly to the closing-off of the market.
Efter Rettens opfattelse er der herved tale om nye forhold, der, navnlig på baggrund af intervenientens konkrete problemer, gjorde det berettiget at foreuge en mere dybtgående og nøje undersøgelse af betingelserne for adgangen til markedet end den, der var foretaget forud for fremsendelsen af den administrative skrivelse.
However, the extent of tieing-in is only one factor among others pertaining to the economic and legal context in which the network of agreements must be assessed.
Retten finder således, at skrivelsen ikke forhindrede Kommissionen i at genoptage proceduren med henblik på at vurdere, om de omtvistede leveringsaftaler i det konkrete tilfælde var forenelige med konkurrencereglerne.
It is also necessary to analyse the conditions prevailing on the market and, in particular, the actual specific possibilities for new competitors to penetrate the market despite the existence of a network of exclusive purchasing agreements.
Anbringendet om en tilsidesættelse af traktatens artikel 85, stk. 1
In view of all the foregoing, the Court considers that the Commission was right to conclude that the contested agreements give rise to an appreciable restriction of competition on the relevant market.
Anbringendets første led om afgrænsningen af markedet
The third part of the plea: absence of any effect on trade between Member States
Det fremgår nemlig af retspraksis, at en administrativ skrivelse som den, der blev sendt til Schöller efter anmeldelsen af dette selskabs leveringsaftaler i 1985, hverken udgør en beslutning om en negativattest eller en beslutning i henhold til traktatens artikel 85, stk. 3, som omhandlet i artikel 2 og 6 i forordning nr. 17, idet den administrative skrivelse ikke er udfærdiget i overensstemmelse med denne forordnings bestemmelser.
With respect to those factors, it appears from the decision that access to the market for new competitors is made more difficult by the existence of a system under which a large number of freezer cabinets are lent by the applicant to retailers both in the grocery trade and in the traditional trade, the retailers being obliged to use them exclusively for the applicant's products.
Kommissionen har afgrænset produktmarkedet som markedet for industrielt fremstillede småis i alle distributionskanaler med undtagelse af ambulante butikker.
The Court considers that the Commission was right to treat that factor as contributing to making access to the market more difficult.
Kommissionen foretog på daværende tidspunkt alene en foreløbig undersøgelse af markedsvilkårene, som i det væsentlige var baseret på de oplysninger, den havde modtaget fra Schöller.
In addition, the Court finds, on the basis of the documents before it, that, at least until the 1992 season, the applicant safeguarded [...]% of impulse ice-cream sales in the grocery trade by granting rebates for observing the exclusivity arrangement.
Med henblik på afgørelsen af, om Kommissionens definition af det relevante marked er korrekt, bemærkes indledningsvis, at afgrænsningen af det relevante marked er afgørende for undersøgelsen af de eksklusive købsaftalers virkninger for konkurrencen og navnlig for undersøgelsen af nye indenlandske eller udenlandske konkurrenters muligheder for at trænge ind på konsumismarkedet eller forøge deres markedsandel.
The fourth part of the plea: the Commission's alleged obligation to consider individual agreements separately so that some of them escape the prohibition laid down in Article 85(1) of the Treaty
Der skal herved i overensstemmelse med Domstolens praksis uges hensyn til forbrugerens synspunkt.
As the Commission has observed, it might be arbitrary in the present case to divide the contested agreements into different hypothetical categories.
Hvad angår spørgsmålet om, hvorvidt de faktiske omstændigheder har ændret sig væsentligt siden fremsendelsen af den administrative skrivelse, bemærkes for det første, at det fremgår af sagens akter, at to nye konkurrenter, nemlig Mars og Jacob Suchard, senere er trådt ind på markedet.
It is also apparent from the documents before the Court that, in the traditional trade, there are numerous individual retailers whose average turnover is rather low.
Det er i øvrigt ubestridt, at der for intervenienten Mars' vedkommende klart er tale om en særlig konkurrent, der kun tilbyder et begrænset vareudvalg, og som har valgt en anden salgspolitik end sine væsentligste konkurrenter.
The establishment of a profitable distribution system therefore presupposes that a new competitor must have a large number of retailers concentrated within a specified geographical area which can be supplied through regional or central warehouses.
Der skal herved henvises til, at Kommissionen har tilkendegivet, at »scooping-is« og håndværksmæssigt fremstillet is, der sælges med henblik på indtagelse »fra hånden« på offentlige steder, dvs. ikke som en del af en restaurationsmæssig tjenesteydelse, samt småis, der sælges på offentlige steder, ud fra forbrugerens synsvinkel er ensartede produkter.
The Court considers, therefore, that a bundle of similar agreements must be considered as a whole and, therefore, that the Commission was right not to examine the agreements separately. It follows that this part of the plea must be rejected.
Bindingsgraden er imidlertid kun én omstændighed blandt Bere i den økono m is ke og retlige sammenhæng, hvori et aftalekompleks skal bedømmes.
It follows that the plea of infringement of Article 85(1) of the Treaty must be rejected.
Der skal desuden foretages en undersøgelse af de bestående vilkår på markedet og navnlig af nye konkurrenters réelle og konkrete muligheder for at trænge ind på dette på trods af Âet eksisterende kompleks af eksklusive købsaftaler.
The second part of the plea: inapplicability of Article 14(a) and (b) of Regulation No 1984/83
Det fremgår i denne forbindelse af beslutningen, at nye konkurrenters adgang til markedet vanskeliggøres ved, at der findes en låneordning omfattende it stort antal frysekummer, som sagsøgeren stiller til rådighed for detailhandlere i såvel levnedsmiddelhandelen som den traditionelle handel på deh betingelse, at detailhandlerne forpligter sig til udelukkende at benytte dem til sagsøgerens varer.
The applicant maintains that, if the contested agreements still fall within the prohibition contained in Article 85(1) of the Treaty, they qualify either for a block exemption under Regulation 1984/83 or for an individual exemption.
Retten finder, ét Kommissionen med rette har lagt til grund, at der herved er ule om en omstændighed, der er med til at vanskeliggøre adgangen til markedet.
The first part of the plea: the duration of the contested agreements
Hertil kommer, at det fremgår af sagens akter, at sagsøgeren inden fer levnedsmiddelhandelen i hvert raid indtil 1992-sæsonen gennem ydelse af rabatter nar sikret en eksklusiv købsforpligtelse for (...)% af salget af småis.
It must be borne in mind at the outset that the question whether the Commission was wrong to withdraw the benefit of a block exemption, under Article 14(a) and (b) of Regulation No 1984/83, on the ground that those provisions do not apply to the present case, concerns only agreements which were concluded for a maximum period of five years and therefore, according to the Commission, fulfil the conditions laid down in Article 3(d) of that regulation, agreements of the kind 'concluded for a set duration of not more than two years, to be renewed automatically thereafter1and agreements of a duration exceeding five years not being covered by the exemption provided for by Article 1 of that regulation.
Retten finder på deh baggrund, at beslutningen om at holde »scooping-is« uden for det relevante marked, ikke i væsentlig grad har ændret vurderingen af de omtvistede leveringsaftalers virkninger for konkurrencen, navnlig med hensyn til spørgsmålet om, hvorvidt adgangen til markedet var lukket eller i betydeligt omfang hindret som følge af aftalerne. Beslutningen bør således efter Rettens opfattelse ikke annulleres, fordi »scooping-isen« er holdt uden for det relevante marked.
The Court finds, first, that it is apparent from Article 14(a) and (b) of Regulation No 1984/83 that the Commission is empowered to withdraw the benefit of the exemption provided for by that regulation, which is not conditional, by definition, upon verification that the exemption conditions laid down by Article 85(3) of the Treaty are in fact fulfilled, where it finds, after individual examination of a specific case, that the agreements exempted by the regulation do not fulfil all the conditions laid down by Article 85(3) of the Treaty.
Anbringendets andet led om de eksklusive købsaftalers virkninger for konkurrencen
Those rules conform with Article 7 of Regulation No 19/65, the legal basis of Article 14 of Regulation No 1984/83.
Retten skal på den baggrund undersøge, om Kommissionen har godtgjort, at de omtvistede leveringsaftaler - som antaget i beslutningen -påvirker konkurrencen på markedet mærkbart.
It is also apparent from the wording of Article 14 of Regulation No 1984/83 that the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b), preceded by the adverbial phrase 'in particular', list by way of example cases in which undertakings may expect the Commission to adopt a decision withdrawing from them the benefit of the block exemption.
Sagsøgeren har en stærk stilling pi det relevante marked.
It must be borne in mind that, according to Article 3(d) of Regulation No 1984/83, the block exemption provided for by that regulation does not apply where the agreement in question is concluded for an indefinite duration.
Dét fremgår desuden af sagens akter, at der inden for den traditionelle handel findes et stort antal selvstændige detailhandlere, hvis gennemsnitlige omsætning er forholdsvis beskeden.
In both cases, the parties are not bound, but are free, if they wish, to reconsider their contractual relationship and evaluate the other opportunities available on the market.
En ny konkurrent kan således kun oprette et rentabelt distributionssystem, hvis der inden for et bestemt geografisk område samles et stort antal detailhandlere, som kan få varerne leveret fra regionale depoter elier centrallagre.
That review, which it is the purpose of Article 3(d) of Regulation No 1984/83 to bring about, may provide new competitors with an opportunity to gain access to retailers who are no longer subject to any commitment.
Den omstændighed, àt der mangler et uafhængigt mellemled, medfører, at opsplitningen af efterspørgslen udgør en yderligere hindring for adgangen til markedet.
Moreover, it must be concluded that the decisive factor in assessing such agreements for the purposes of competition law is that their duration, depending as it does on the initiative of either party to it, is uncertain.
Endelig har Kommissionen med rette Uget hensyn til, at sagsøgerens varer sælges under nogle meget kendte mærker.
The condition of maintaining effective competition, within the meaning of Article 14(a) of Regulation No 1984/83, is therefore covered by the authorization given by Article 7 of Regulation No 19/65.
På den baggrund og i betragtning af de omtvistede aftalers faktiske løbetid, som er ca. to et halvt år, finder Retten, at de af sagsøgeren indgåede eksklusive købsaftaler i lyset af de
Article 85(1) of the Treaty falls to be applied at all stages of the economic process and also to
De to største producenters komplekser af eksklusive købsaftaler berører ca. (...)% af markedet, hvilket ligger over den bindingsgrad på 30%, som af Kommissionen blev betragtet som acceptabel ved fremsendelsen af den administrative skrivelse til Schöller, som senere blev kommenteret i punkt 19 i den femtende beretning om konkurrencepolitikken for 1985.
It follows that agreements subject to tacit renewal which may endure beyond five years must be regarded as having been concluded for an indefinite duration and cannot therefore qualify for a block exemption under Regulation No 1984/83.
Sagsøgeren har for det tilfælde, at de omtvistede aftaler må anses for at falde ind under forbuddet i traktatens artikel 85, stk. 1, gjort gældende, at aftalerne er omfattet af en gruppefritagelse i henhold til forordning nr. 1984/83 eller burde kunne gives en individuel fritagelse.
competitive relationships between suppliers relating, as in this case, to access to different sales outlets.
tilsvarende aftaler, der er indgået på det relevante marked, og de øvrige omstændigheder i den økonomiske og retlige sammenhæng, aftalerne indgår i, kan påvirke konkurrencen mærkbart som omhandlet i traktatens artikel 85, stk. 1.
In those circumstances, it must therefore be held that Article 7 of Regulation No 19/65 cannot be interpreted as meaning that a decision withdrawing the benefit of a block exemption may be adopted only in compliance with the condition laid down in Article 8(3)(a) of Regulation No 17.
Anbringendets første led vedrørende de omtvhtede aftalers løbetid
The applicant's argument to that effect cannot therefore be upheld.