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294 bestemte, at der skulle fastsættes forskellige maksimale garantiarealer for henholdsvis Spanien (solsikke), Portugal (solsikke) og Fællesskabet (i øvrigt) for produktionsåret 1994/1995, var Kommissionen beføjet til at anvende en fordelingsmetode som den, der var angivet i den anfægtede forordning, som sikrer, at den vejede gennemsnitlige nedsættelse for de tre kategorier er Ug med den procentsats, hvormed det maksimale garantiareal er blevet overskredet.
size to the areas of land set out in Annex IV to the same regulation, reduced by the rate of rotational setaside applicable to the marketing year in question.
Tibidesætteke af princippet om forbud mod forskebbehandling
No exception is made for the area of 122 000 hectares specified in Annex IV for Portuguese sunflower seed producers.
Det bemærkes hertil, at nedsættelsen af arealerne i bilag IV i forordning nr. 1765/92, som ændret ved forordning nr. 232/94, med henblik på fastsættelse af de maksimale garantiarealer, der indeholdes i forordningens artikel 5, stk. 1, litra e), ikke udgør en jordudtagningsforpligtelse.
Accordingly, the argument of the Portuguese Government that it was wrong to take account of the area farmed by small producers when determining the amount by which the maximum guaranteed area was exceeded must be rejected.
Den portugisiske regerings argument, hvorefter Kommissionen uretmæssigt medregnede det areal, som dyrkes af de mindre producenter ved nedsættelsen på 15% af alle 122 000 ha, der var tildelt Portugal til dyrkning af solsikkefrø, må således forkastes.
Accordingly, the Portuguese Government's argument that the area of 122 000 hectares should not have been reduced by 15% when calculating the maximum guaranteed area for sunflower seed cultivation in Portugal must be rejected.
Portugals udelukkelse fra kompensation for overskridelse af det maksimale garantiareal
Inclusion of the area farmed by small producers within the area farmed in Portugal
Det bemærkes, at en forskellig behandling af portugisiske producenter af solsikkefrø i forhold til Fællesskabets øvrige producenter kun kan anses for en diskriminering, såfremt alle producenterne i Fællesskabet befandt sig i en sammenlignelig situation. Det påpeges imidlertid, at de portugisiske producenter af solsikkefrø ikke befandt sig i en situation, der kunne sammenlignes med Fællesskabets øvrige producenters, idet førstnævnte i medfør af tiltrædelsesakten fortsat var begunstiget af en særordning, der indebar fastsættelse af et specifikt maksimalt garantiareal.
According to the Portuguese Government, the third error in calculation in the contested regulation is that the 15% reduction was applied to the entire 122 000 hectares allocated to Portugal for sunflower seed cultivation, and therefore also to the area farmed by small producers when, under Regulation No 1765/92, small producers were exempt from the setaside obligation.
Tilsidesættehe af artikel 5, stk 1, litra f), i forordning nr. 1765/92
According to the Portuguese Government, the second error in calculation contained in the contested regulation is that, in determining the amount by which the maximum guaranteed area was exceeded, the area planted by small Portuguese producers was included within the total area farmed in Portugal.
Det fremgår af det anførte, at de portugisiske producenter af solsikkefrø ikke befandt sig i en situation, der kunne sammenlignes med de øvrige fællesskabsproducenters situation, hvorfor deres udelukkelse fra kompensationsordningen ikke kan anses for en forskelsbehandling.
In that regard, the Court notes that the reduction which is made in the areas set out in Annex IV to Regulation No 1765/92, as amended by Regulation No 232/94, in order to determine the maximum guaranteed areas, and which is imposed in accordance with Article 5(l)(e) of the same regulation, does not represent a setaside requirement.
Det bemærkes hertil, at artikel 5, stk. 1, litra f), i forordning nr. 1765/92, som ændret ved forordning nr. 232/94, overlader Kommissionen at fastsætte omfanget og fordelingen af de nedsættelser, der skal foretages i godtgørelserne, under hensyntagen bl.a. til, at den vejede gennemsnitlige nedsættelse for Fællesskabet som helhed er lig med den procentsats, hvormed det maksimale garantiareal er blevet overskredet.
It follows that the exemption from that requirement, which small producers covered by the simplified scheme enjoy under Article 8(3) of Regulation No 1765/92, is irrelevant to the calculation of the maximum guaranteed area for Portuguese sunflower seed producers.
Når henses til, at bilaget til Blair House-aftalen og bilag IV til forordning ni. 1765/92, som ændret ved forordning nr. 232/94, i henhold til overgangsordningen i tiltrædelsesaktens artikel
The Court observes that under Article 5(l)(e) of Regulation No 1765/92, as amended by Regulation No 232/94, which accurately transposed the Blair House Agreement in that respect, maximum guaranteed areas, which are equal in size to the areas of land set out in Annex IV, reduced by the setaside rate or by 10% if that rate is less than 10%, are established 'for the crop-specific oilseed payments'.
Det bemærkes blot vedrørende den portugisiske regerings ulovlighedsindsigelse efter traktatens artikel 184, at gennemgangen af spørgsmålet om den anfægtede forordnings lovlighed intet har frembragt, der kan anses for en tilsidesættelse, via forordning nr. 1765/92, som ændret ved forordning τα.
Accordingly, the argument put forward by the Portuguese Government, to the effect that the area farmed by small producers was wrongly taken into account when the entire 122 000 hectares allocated to Portugal for sunflower seed cultivation was reduced by 15%, must be rejected.
232/94, af tiltrædelsesakten eller af Blair House-aftalen.
Exclusion of Portugal from the compensatory adjustments for the overshoot of the maximum guaranteed area
Det hedder i domskonklusionen:
Infringement of Article 5(1)(f) of Regulation No 1765192
•1) Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber frifindes.
Moreover, if that were not so, the area specified in the Blair House Agreement could be exceeded, with the result that the purpose of that agreement, which is to reduce oil seed subsidies in the Community in order to compensate for a
»a) Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber frifindes.
Artide 5(l)(f) of Regulation No 1765/92, as amended by Regulation No 232/94, leaves it to the Commission to establish the size and distribution of the reductions to the compensatory payments provided that, in particular, the weighted average reduction for the Community as a whole is equal to the percentage by which the maximum guaranteed area has been exceeded.
Sag T-229/94 Deutsche Bahn AG / Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber Konkurrence
Portuguese sunflower seed producers were not in a position comparable to that of the other producers in the Community, because, under the Act of Accession, they continued to benefit from special arrangements involving the setting of a specific maximum guaranteed area.
»Konkurrence —jernbanetransport af skibscontainere —forordning (EØF) nr. 1017/68 — kartel — dominerende stilling — misbrug — bøde — kriterier for bedømmelsen — proportionalitetsprincippet — retten til kontradiktion — princippet om retssikkerhed« (Første Udvidede Afdeling) Dansk tekst foreligger endnu ikke.
It follows that Portuguese sunflower seed producers were not in a comparable position to that of the other producers in the Community, so that their exclusion from the system of compensatory adjustments cannot be regarded as discriminatory.
Sag T-168/96 Catherine Patronis / Rådet for Den Europæiske Union Tjenestemandsvedtægten enestemandsvedtægten
As regards the plea of illegality under Article 184 of the Treaty which the Portuguese Government puts forward, it is sufficient to state that examination of the legality of the contested regulation has disclosed nothing in Regulation No 1765/62, as amended by Regulation No
»Tjenestemænd — afslag på forfremmelse — sammenligning affortjenester — orlov ved sygdom og ulykke — hensyntagen til faktisk udført arbejde i referenceperioden« (Tredje Afdeling)
He proposed that the Court should dismiss the application and order the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.
»Konkurrence — mobilkraner — den europæiske menneskerettighedskonventions artikel 6 — certificeringsordning — forbud mod leje — vejledende priser — modregningspriser — bøder« (Fjerde Udvidede Afdeling)
(Competition — Carriage by rail of maritime containers — Regulation (EEC) No 1017/68 — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Dominant position — Abuse — Fine — Criteria of assessment — Principle of proportionality — Rights of the defence —Access to the file — Principle of legal certainty) (First Chamber, Extended Composition)
Sagsfremstilling
('the MCN
Stichting Certificatie Kraanverhuurbedrijf (herefter »SCK«) er en fond, som blev stiftet i 1985 af repræsentanter for kranudlejningsvirksomheder og entreprenørvirksomheder. Ifølge fondens vedtægter er dens formål at fremme og opretholde kvaliteten af kranudlejningsvirksomheder.
On 1 April 1988 the undertakings Deutsche Bundesbahn ('DB', which was succeeded in 1994 by Deutsche Bahn, hereinafter 'the applicant'), the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Belges ('SNCB'), Nederlandse Spoorwegen ('NS'), Intercontainer and Transfracht concluded an agreement relating to the setting up of a cooperative network known as the 'Maritime
Artikel 3 i FNK's interne reglement indeholdt fra den 15. december 1979 til den 28. april 1992 en bestemmelse, hvorefter FNK's medlemmer var forpligtet til først og fremmest at gøre brug af andre medlemmer ved leje og udlejning af kraner (herefter »forrangsbestemmelsen«), samt en bestemmelse, hvorefter FNK's medlemmer skulle anvende »acceptable« priser.
The MCN Agreement relates to carriage by rail of maritime containers to or from Germany which pass through a German, Belgian, or Netherlands port.
FNK offentliggjorde vejledende priser og omkostningskalkuler til brug i forbindelse med udlejning af kraner til entreprenørvirksomheder. Endvidere gjaldt der
Among the German ports, referred to in the MCN Agreement as 'northern
ophæve den i forordningens artikel 15, stk. 5, omhandlede bødeimmunitet.
The Belgian and Netherlands ports, known as the "western ports', included Antwerp and Rotterdam.
SCK godkendte virksomheder et forbud mod at leje kraner hos virksomheder, der ikke er godkendt af SCK (herefter »lejeforbuddet«).
further finds that DB has infringed the provisions of Article 86 of the Treaty by using its dominant position on the rail transport market in Germany to impose discriminatory tariffs on the market for the inland carriage of sea-borne containers to or from Germany via a German, Belgian or Netherlands port.
Den 20. januar 1989 blev SCK godkendt af Raad vor de Certificatie (»Certificeringsrådet«), som i Nederlandene godkender certificeringsvir ksomheder.
Finally, in Article 4, it imposes, pursuant to Article 22 of Regulation (EEC) No 1017/68, a fine of ECU 11 million on DB in respect of its infringement of Article 86 of the Treaty.
Den 4. november 1993 udsendte SCK en meddelelse om, at lejeforbuddet var suspenderet, indtil Kommissionen havde truffet en endelig afgørelse.
It is in those circumstances that the applicant, by application lodged at the Court on 14 June 1994, brought the present action for annulment.
Den 27. november 1993 anlagde sagsøgerne et erstatningssøgsmål ved Retten (sag T-213/95).
DB, now the applicant in the present case, SNCB and NS are the national railway undertakings operating in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands respectively.
Den 13. januar 1992 indgav W.C.M. van Marwijk og ti andre virksomheder en klage samt en anmodning om foreløbige foranstaltninger til Kommissionen.
Intercontainer and Transfracht are undertakings which are active in the maritime container transport sector and which purchase, to that end, from railway undertakings, essential railway services such as railway traction services and access to infrastructures.
De anførte, at sagsøgerne overtrådte EF-traktatens konkurrenceregler ved at udelukke virksomheder, der ikke er godkendt af SCK fra udlejning af mobilkraner og ved at foreskrive faste priser ved udlejning af kraner.
Intercontainer is a company incorporated under Belgian law and is a joint subsidiary of 24 European railway undertakings. Transfracht is a company incorporated under German law, 80% of which is owned by DB, and now by the applicant in the present case.
FNK's vedtægter og interne reglement blev anmeldt den 6. februar 1992.1 begge tilfælde blev der anmodet om negativattest, subsidiært fritagelse i henhold til traktatens artikel 85, stk. 3.
First plea, alleging infringement of Article 85 of the Treaty and acts adopted by the Council with a view to specifying the scope of Article 85 of the Treaty in the field of transport
Endvidere pålægges det sagsøgerne straks at bringe overtrædelserne til ophør (artikel 2 og 4), og FNK pålægges en bøde på 11 500 000 ECU og SCK en bøde på 300 000 ECU (artikel 5).
On 31 July 1992 the Commission sent a statement of objections to the undertakings bound by the MCN Agreement which, upon receiving it, terminated that agreement.
Ved stævning indleveret til Retten den 6. februar 19% har sagsøgerne anlagt en sag til prøvelse af den anfægtede beslutning (sag T-18/96).
It should be pointed out, in limine, that one of the purposes of the MCN Agreement was to set up a common administration for the fixing of prices and tariffs for the carriage by rail of containers to or from Germany through a Belgian, Netherlands or German port.
Den 16. december 1992 fremsendte Kommissionen en meddelelse af klagepunkter til sagsøgerne.
It follows from the case-law that an agreement establishing a common system for fixing prices falls within the scope of those provisions.
Kommissionen meddelte heri sagsøgerne, at den i overensstemmelse med artikel 15, stk. 6, i Rådets forordning nr. 17 af 6. februar 1962, første forordning om anvendelse af bestemmelserne i traktatens artikel 85 og 86 (herefter benævnt »forordning nr. 17«) ville
The reason for this is that the joint fixing of prices restricts competition, in particular by
Efter fast retspraksis kan Fællesskabet kun ifalde ansvar uden for kontrakt efter traktatens artikel 215, andet led, dersom en række betingelser er opfyldt, nemlig at den adfærd, som fællesskabsinstitutionen hævdes at have udvist, er retsstridig, at der reelt foreligger et tab, og at der
Article 1 of the Decision finds that DB, SNCB, NS, Intercontainer and Transfracht have infringed the provisions of Article 85 of the Treaty by concluding the MCN Agreement providing for the marketing, by a 'bureau commun', on the basis of tariffs agreed within the Bureau, of all carriage by rail of sea-borne containers to or from Germany via a German, Belgian or Netherlands port. In Article 2 it
Sagsøgerne har fremført flere anbringender til støtte for, at Kommissionen har udvist en retsstridig adfærd i forbindelse med den procedure, den indledte efter indgivelsen af klagen den 13. januar 1992 og sagsøgernes anmeldelser af 15. januar og 6. februar 1992.
of action permitted by the abovementioned terms, since it entrusted, without restriction, pricing policy and price formation to a joint body and since, furthermore, the inclusive rates for each route røvered by the MCN Agreement were jointly fixed by an undertaking which did not even operate on that route.
Gennemgangen af sagsøgernes anbringender har ikke vist, at Kommissionen har udvist en ulovlig adfærd, som kan påføre Fællesskabet et ansvar.
it is clear from the foregoing paragraphs that the Commission was right in determining that the MCN Agreement exceeded the framework set down in Article 3(l)(c) of Regulation No 1017/68.
Sagsøgerne har imidlertid under den administrative procedure, under den skriftlige forhandling ved Retten og i retsmødet anført, at FNK frivilligt ophørte med disse former for praksis, efter at Gerechtshof, Amsterdam, den 9. juli 1992 havde ophævet den af præsidenten for Arrondissementsrechtsbank, Utrecht, afsagte kendelse af 11. februar 1992, dvs. på et tidspunkt (juli 1992), hvor Kommissionen endnu ikke havde taget stilling, end ikke foreløbigt, til FNK's anmeldelse og klagen.
Since each of the undertakings concerned has a obvious commercial interest in as manv transport operations being undertaken on the routes on which it is most active, there is a competitive relationship between DB and NS and between DB and SNCB.
Det af FNK påberåbte tab kan derfor på ingen måde være fremkaldt af Kommissionens adfærd under den administrative procedure.
Likewise, NS is in competition with SNCB and Transfracr i vvith íníercontainer.
Retten finder alligevel at måtte undersøge, om der er en årsagsforbindelse mellem den påståede ulovlige adfærd og det af sagsøgerne påståede tab.
Therefore, by establishing a common pricing system, those undertakings have appreciably restricted or even eliminated all competition on prices as referred to in the case-law.
Det følger af det anførte, at der ikke kan gives sagsøgerne medhold i erstatningssøgsmålet, og det er i denne forbindelse ufornødent at undersøge, om den anden betingelse for, at Fællesskabet ifalder ansvar, nemlig at der foreligger et tab, er opfyldt.
It was right to consider that the MCN Agreement was incompatible with the common market, and accordingly, the first plea must be rejected.
Søgsmålet til prøvelse af, om beslutning 95/551 er en nullitet eller skal annulleres (sag T-18/96)
The second plea, alleging infringement of Article 86 of the treaty
Kommissionen frifindes for påstanden om, at det fastslås, at den anfægtede beslutning er en nullitet.
The applicant claims, first of all, tnat DB did not occupy a dominant position within the common market or in a substantial part of it.
Sagsøgerne har fremført fem anbringender til støtte for påstanden om annullation af den anfægtede beslutning.
It maintains, secondly, that the conduct complained of in the Decision did not constitute an abuse.
Første anbringende: tilsidesættelse af artikel 3, 4, 6 og 9 i forordning nr. 17
The first part of the plea, concerning the absence of a dominant position
Selv om Gerechtshof, Amsterdam, måtte have været påvirket af Kommissionens holdning, hvoraf fremgik, at der ville blive truffet en beslutning i henhold til artikel 15, stk. 6, i forordning nr. 17, var denne stillingtagen imidlertid ikke bindende for den nationale domstol. Hertil kommer, at som det vil fremgå af gennemgangen af annullationssøgsmålet, var den opfattelse, Kommissionen gav udtryk for under den administrative procedure, og som ligger til grund for den anfægtede beslutning, baseret på en korrekt fortolkning af traktatens artikel 85, stk. 1.
The Court considers, furthermore, that, contrary to the applicant's assertions, the MCN Agreement is not covered by the legal exception provided for in Article 3(1 )(c) of Regulation No 1017/68 which authorizes 'agreements, decisions or concerted practices the object and effect of which is to apply technical improvements or to acnieve technical cooperation by means of... the organisation and execution of ... transport operations, and the fixing and application of inclusive rates and conditions for such operations, including special competitive rates'.
Hvis der var en fare for, at SCK's tilladelse ville blive tilbagekaldt, skyldtes det således, at SCK var forpligtet til at bringe en overtrædelse af traktatens artikel 85, stk. 1, til ophør. Kommissionen kan ikke anses for ansvarlig for et sådant »tab«.
The introduction of a legal exception for agreements of a purely technical nature cannot amount to an authorization, on the part of the Community legislature, allowing agreements to be concluded whose purpose is the joint fixing of prices.
Andet anbringende: tilsidesættelse af traktatens artikel 85, stk 1
The Court ands that the rail services market constitutes a sub-market distinct from the rail transport market in general.
For så vidt angår FNK har sagsøgerne ikke redegjort for, hvorledes FNK's omdømme og generelle situation blev påvirket af Kommissionens adfærd, selv om det efter fast retspraksis påhviler sagsøgerne at bevise, at der er direkte årsagsforbindelse mellem den af institutionen begåede fejl og det påberåbte tab. Den eneste adfærd fra FNK's side, som er blevet
The term 'inclusive rate' must be understood to mean the Vhole-journey' price, including the various national parts of a transnational journey, and the term 'competitive price', which is linked by the expression 'including' to the abovementioned term 'inclusive rates', must be understood as allowing the various undertairings operating on a single transnational rouie to fi > inclusive rates not only by auuing together th < tariffs for each of ihem, but also oy , ucorporating common adjustments to ensure the competitiveness of the transport in question in relation to other modes of transport, without however altogether eliminating the independence of each undertaking with regard to the fixing ot its own tarilfs in accordance with its competitive interests. However, the MCN Agreement did result in such elimination and exceeded the scope 20
Det er ubestridt, at mobilkraner har en aktionsradius på 50 km. Der kan således udvikle sig en handel mellem medlemsstaterne i de nederlandske grænseregioner.
Moreover, the concept of abuse of a dominant position amounts to prohibiting a dominant undertaking from strengthening its position by using methods other than those which come within the scope of competition on the basis of quality.
Det bemærkes, at det fremgår af fast retspraksis, at en aftale, som omfatter hele området i en medlemsstat, ifølge selve sin natur styrker opdelingen i nationale markeder, hvorved den hæmmer den økonomiske integration, som tilstræbes med traktaten.
Thus, an undertaking may not apply artificial price differences in the various Member States such as to place its customers at a disadvantage and to distort competition.
Der ikke var tale om et fejlskøn, da Kommissionen i 23. betragtning til den anfægtede beslutning antog, at SCK's certificeringsordning ikke var fuldstændig åben (eller at det i hvert ikke var tilfældet indtil den 21. oktober 1993), og at ordningen ikke gav mulighed for anerkendelse af andre systemers tilsvarende garantier.
As may be seen from the caselaw, a sub-market which has specific characteristics from the point of view of demand and supply and which offers products which occupy an essential and uninterchangeablc place in the more general market of which it forms part must be considered to be a distinct product market.
Lejeforbuddet, som yderligere understregede, at certificeringsordningen ikke var åben, og som indebar en væsentlig hindring for adgangen for udenforstående virksomheder, navnlig virksomheder i en anden medlemsstat, til det nederlandske marked, udgør således en konkurrencebegrænsning i henhold traktatens artikel 85, stk. 1.
In the light of that case-law and having regard to the foregoing considerations, the Commission was justified in not taking into consideration, in its material definition of the market, the services provided by the rail transport operators and, even more so, those provided by road hauliers and inland waterway transport operators.
Det er ubestridt i den foreliggende sag, at SCK's lejeforbud og FNK's vejledende priser finder anvendelse på hele det nederlandske område.
Furthermore, the existence of an abuse of a dominant position cannot be ruled out by the fact that the undertaking which holds the dominant position has formally entered into an agreement the object of which is the joint fixing of tariffs and which thus falls within the scope of the prohibition of restrictive agreements.
Disse former for konkurrencebegrænsende praksis påvirker således ifølge selve deres natur handelen mellem medlemsstater.
The existence of such an agreement does not preclude the possibility that one of the undertakings bound by the agreement might unilaterally impose discriminatory tariffs.