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Ved skrivelse af 13. februar 1992 henviste BEUC til den tidligere indgivne begæring og bestred Kommissionens opfattelse, idet den fastholdt, at der uanset aftalen mellem Fællesskabet og Japan var den fornødne fællesskabsinteresse i at indlede en undersøgelse vedrørende den af klagerne anfægtede ordning.
By letter of 13 February 1992 BEUC confirmed its initial complaint and contended, contrary to the view expressed by the Commission, that there was a Community interest in investigating the alleged agreement, despite the consensus reached between the Community and Japan.
I den skrivelse af 17. marts 1992, som var anfægtet under sagen, meddelte Kommissionen sagsøgerne sine grunde til, at den ikke fandt, at der på sagens daværende stadium var nogen fællesskabsinteresse i at undersøge den påtalte ordning på grundlag af konkurrencereglerne.
In its letter of 17 March 1992, the subject-matter of these proceedings, the Commission set out its reasons for considering that there was no Community interest in investigating the measure in question under competition law at that stage.
Retten bemærkede, at Kommissionen ikke bestred, at der var indgået en ordning mellem SMMT og JAMA vedrørende indførslen af biler fra Japan til Det Forenede Kongerige, men at Kommissionen ikke havde fundet, at der var den fornødne fællesskabsinteresse i at foretage en undersøgelse af ordningen på grundlag af konkurrenceregi erne.
In this case, the Court noted that the Commission did not deny that there was an 'arrangement' between SMMT and JAMA, concerning the importation into the United Kingdom of cars from Japan, but considers that there is no Community interest in investigating that 'arrangement' under competition law.
Indledningsvis konstaterede Retten, at den anfægtede konkurrencebegrænsende praksis bestod i en aftale mellem to sammenslutninger af virksomheder, hvoraf den ene har hjemsted på en af medlemsstaternes område.
question arises whether there is a sufficient Community interest in investigating practices which essentially relate to past events.
Retten fandt ikke, som anført i den anfægtede beslutning, at de dokumenter, hvortil Kommissionen havde henvist, udgjorde noget bevis for, at handelsaftalen mellem Fællesskabet og Japan ville medføre, at den anfægtede ordning, som sagen var udsprunget af, ophørte inden den 1. januar 1993.
In the light of all the documentary evidence to which the Commission referred, the Court considered that, contrary to what was said in the contested decision, it had not been established that the commercial consensus between the Community and Japan would necessarily cause the alleged agreement, which is at the origin of these proceedings, to come to an end before 1 January 1993.
En mundtlig aftale, som udelukkende var af politisk karakter, som ikke var indgået som led i en fælles handelspolitik og hvortil der var knyttet en overgangsperiode, som udløber med udgangen af 1999, berettigede således ikke Kommissionen til at besvare sagsøgerens begæring med, at aftalen ville bringe den af sagsøgerne anfægtede ordning til ophør.
The Court considers that an unwritten commitment, purely political in import and not made within the context of the common commercial policy, coupled with a transitional period of application expiring at the end of 1999, did not entitle the Commission to reply that the commitment would necessarily put an end to the agreement complained of by the applicants.
Vedrørende den anden grund, som Kommissionen havde anført for sin afvisning af klagen, bemærkede Retten, at denne anden grund vedrørte den omstændighed, at den anfægtede ordning var godkendt af myndighederne i Det Forenede Kongerige ud fra handelspolitiske hensyn.
The Court noted that the second ground relied on by the Commission to justify its decision to reject the complaint is the fact that the agreement at issue was permitted by the United Kingdom authorities for reasons of commercial policy.
Retten fandt, at den anfægtede beslutning på dette punkt var behæftet med en retsvildfarelse, for så vidt den var baseret på, at de nationale myndigheder i Det Forenede Kongerige var bekendt med og havde godkendt aftalen.
The Court considered that, to the extent that it is based on the fact that the agreement at issue was known to the United Kingdom national authorities and permitted by them, the decision at issue is vitiated by an error of law.
For det første var det ubestridt, at den anfægtede ordning ikke havde karakter af en national handelspolitisk foranstaltning, men beroede på en aftale mellem sammenslutninger af erhvervsdrivende i en branche, som derigennem gjorde indgreb på markedet.
First, it were not disputed that the agreement at issue was not a national measure of commercial policy, but was rather in the nature of a meeting of minds between groupings of economic operators operating on the market.
For det andet var det forhold, at nationale myndigheder var bekendt med, og havde godkendt eller endog tilskyndet virksomhederne til den pågældende handlemåde, under alle omstændigheder uden betydning for, om traktatens artikel 85, og i påkommende tilfælde artikel 86, kunne bringes i anvendelse.
Secondly the fact that the conduct of undertakings was known, permitted or even encouraged by national authorities is, in any event, irrelevant to the question whether Article 85 of the Treaty or possibly Article 86 applies.
Endelig bemærkede Retten vedrørende Kommissionens anbringende om, at den omhandlede ordning ikke primært berørte samhandelen mellem medlemsstaterne, at den omhandlede ordning efter selve sin karakter kunne påvirke det fælles markeds funktion. I kraft af de foranstaltninger, som ordningen bestod af, og
Finally the Court noted that the Commission relied on the fact that the arrangements in question do not primarily concern trade between Member States.
- 26 - hvorved indførslerne til Fællesskabet begrænsedes for en medlemsstats område som helhed, kunne ordningen nemlig indebære en omlægning af den normale handel hvorved den kunne berøre samhandelen mellem medlemsstaterne, og styrke opdelingen i nationale markeder, hvorved den kunne hæmme den sammenvoksning af markederne, som tilstræbes med traktaten.
As measures restricting imports into the Community and affecting the entire territory of a Member State, they are liable to interfere with the natural movement of trade, thus affecting trade between Member States, and to reinforce the compartmentalization of markets on a national basis, thereby holding up the economic interpénétration which the Treaty is intended to bring about
Den beslutning, som er indeholdt i Kommissionens skrivelse af 17. marts 1992, annulleres.
The decision contained in the letter of the Commission of 17 March 1992 is annulled;
"Konkurrence - fusioner og virksomhedsovertagelser - formaliteten - enekontrol eller fælles kontrol - afgrænsning af markedet - dominerende stilling -berettiget forventning" (Første Afdeling)
(Competition - Concentrations between undertakings -Admissibility — Sole or joint control — Definition of the market — Dominant position — Legitimate expectations
Ved stævning indgivet den 5. januar 1993 havde Air France anlagt sag med påstand om annullation af Kommissionens beslutning af 27. november 1992 vedrørende en procedure om anvendelse af Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 4064/89 af 21. december 1989 om kontrol med fusioner og virksomhedsovertagelser
By application lodged at the Court Registry Air France brought an action for the annulment of the decision of the Commission relating to a proceeding under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 of 21 December 1989 on the control of concentrations between undertakings.
I beslutningen fastslår Kommissionen, at den omhandlede fusion ikke rejser alvorlig tvivl med hensyn til, om den er forenelig med fællesmarkedet.
In the decision, the Commission found that the concentration in question does not raise serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common market.
Det fremgår af beslutningen, at British Airways ved fusionen erhverver 49,9% af kapitalen i selskabet TAT European Airlines (herefter benævnt "TAT EA"), idet de resterende 50,1% af kapitalen fortsat ejes af TAT SA (herefter benævnt "TAT").
It is apparent from the decision that the concentration in question concerns the acquisition by British Airways of 49.9 % of the share capital of TAT European Airlines (hereinafter referred to as TAT E.A'), with the remaining 50.1 % continuing to be held by TAT SA (hereinafter referred to as TAT).
Aftalen giver endvidere British Airways en option på køb af de 50,1%, som kan udnyttes når som helst indtil den 1. april 1997.
The acquisition agreement further provides for the grant to British Airways of an option to purchase the aforementioned 50.1 % at any time up to 1 April 1997.
TAT har på sin side ret til at kræve, at British Airways køber de resterende 50,1% af TAT's kapital den 1. april 1997.
TAT is in turn granted the right to require British Airways to purchase the remaining 50.1 % of the shares held by TAT on 1 April 1997.
Eftersom det ikke var sikkert, at disse optioner vil blive udnyttet, anså Kommissionen det ikke for nødvendigt at tage hensyn til denne anden potentielle overdragelse ved bedømmelsen af den anmeldte fusion.
The Commission considered that, since it was not certain whether those options would be exercised, the possible second transaction should not be taken into account for the purposes of assessing the operation which had been notified.
Kommissionen anfører, at British Airways ikke havde nogen som helst andel af de franske indenrigsruter før den anfægtede fusion, mens TAT EA i 1991 havde 3,8% af den totale rutetrafik opgjort som det samlede antal transporterede passagerer, og Air France (direkte eller gennem Air-Inter) havde en andel på 84,9% af passagertallet.
The Commission found that British Airways did not have any presence whatever on the French domestic routes prior to the contested transaction, whereas in 1991 TAT E.A accounted for 3.8% of the total scheduled traffic on those routes, in terms of the overall number of passengers carried, and Air France (directly or through Air Inter) had an 84.9% share of the number of passengers.
Kommissionen konkluderer på dette grundlag, at fusionen ikke medfører nogen overlapning med TAT EA's indenrigsruter, og at dens virkning er at give British Airways en begrænset adgang til det indenlandske franske rutenet samt visse muligheder for at opnå en kundetilførsel fra Frankrig.
It concluded from this that the transaction in question does not lead to any overlap with respect to TAT E.A's domestic routes, its effect being to allow British Airways a limited access to the French domestic network and certain possibilities to feed its operations from France.
Hvad angår TAT EA's og British Airways' internationale ruter, anfører Kommissionen dernæst, at de eneste ruter, hvor der er en overlapning mellem TAT EA og British Airways, er Paris-London og Lyon-London.
As regards the international services offered by TAT E.A and British Airways, the Commission goes on to find that it is only on the Paris-London and Lyons-London routes that there is any overlap between the services operated by TAT E.A and British Airways.
På basis af disse to internationale ruter afgrænser Kommissionen derefter det relevante marked.
It was on the basis of those two international routes that the Commission gave its definition of the relevant market
Kommissionen fastslår, at den omhandlede fusion ikke ændrer de markedsandele, som British Airways og TAT EA har på ruten Heathrow-Paris, hvorimod den på ruten Gatwick-Paris medfører, at deltagerne i fusionen får en markedsandel på 98,6%, nemlig 81,6% for Dan Air (British Airways) og 17% for TAT EA.
The Commission found that the transaction at issue did not alter the market shares of British Airways and TAT E.A as regards the Heathrow-Paris route, but that, on the Gatwick-Paris route, its effect is to give the parties to the contested transaction a market share of 98.6%, with Dan Air (British Airways) holding 81.6% and TAT E.A 17%.
Totalt - dvs. for så vidt angår den samlede lufttrafik mellem London og Paris -fører fusionen til en markedsandel på 52,2% for koncernen British Airways-TAT EA, nemlig 49,5% for British Airways og 2,7% for TAT EA, hvis konkurrenter er Air France med 32,9%, British Midland med 9,4%, Air UK med 3,7%, Air Brymon med 1,1% og "andre" med 0,6% af markedet.
Overall, that is to say, as regards the total air traffic between London and Paris, the concentration results in the British Airways-TAT E.A group having a market share of 52.2%, with British Airways having 49.5% and TAT E.A 2.7%, whilst, of their competitors, Air France has 32.9%, British Midland 9.4%, Air UK 3.7%, Air Brymon 1.1% and 'others' 0.6% of the market.
For så vidt angår ruten London-Lyon anfører Kommissionen, at British Airways og Air France kun flyver fra Heathrow, mens TAT EA kun beflyver ruten fra Gatwick. Der er ingen andre konkurrenter på de to ruter.
As regards the London-Lyons route, the Commission stated that British Airways and Air France operate only from Heathrow, whilst TAT E.A serves Lyons only from Gatwick.
Dette betyder, at koncernen i alt har 58,6% af markedet (British Airways 45,3% og TAT EA 13,3%), mens Air France har de resterende 41,4%.
Overall, that means that the group holds 58.6% of the market (British Airways having 45.3% and TAT E.A 13.3%), with Air France holding the remaining 41.4%.
Ifølge Kommissionen foreligger der en vis substituerbarhed mellem lufthavnene Heathrow og Gatwick, men denne mulighed for substitution er ikke nødvendigvis af betydning på grund af overbelastningen af begge disse lufthavne.
In the Commission's view, a certain degree of substitutability exists between Heathrow and Gatwick, but the fact that both those airports are congested means that substitutability does not necessarily operate.
a) Det første anbringende vedrører tilsidesættelse af forordningens artikel 3, stk. 1, 2 og 3, idet Kommissionen hævdes at have fejlbedømt fusionens reelle indhold ved med urette at betragte den som oprettelse af et joint venture-selskab i stedet for at erkende, at British Airways i virkeligheden overtog enekontrollen med TAT EA b) Det andet anbringende vedrører tilsidesættelse af forordningens artikel 1, stk. 1 og 2, artikel 2, stk. 1 og 3, og artikel 8, stk. 2 og 3, idet Kommissionen ikke har afgrænset det relevante marked på korrekt måde, hverken med hensyn til produkterne eller rent geografisk.
(b) The second plea was that the Commission infringed Article 1(1) and (2), Article 2(1) and (3) and Article 8(2) and (3) of the Regulation in not defining precisely the relevant market, as regards either the products or the geographical area involved.
c) Det tredje anbringende vedrører tilsidesættelse af EØF-traktatens artikel 190, idet Kommissionen har begrænset sin beskrivelse af det relevante marked til alene at omfatte de ruter, der direkte berøres af fusionen.
(c) The third plea was that the Commission infringed Article 190 of the EEC Treaty in that in describing the relevant market the Commission confined itself to the routes directly concerned by the transaction in question.
d) Det fjerde anbringende vedrører tilsidesættelse af princippet om beskyttelse af den berettigede forventning og af EØF-traktatens artikel 155, idet Kommissionen har erklæret fusionen forenelig med fællesmarkedet, selv om en sådan fusion, såfremt den havde været kendt tidligere, ville have udelukket, at aftalen af 29. oktober 1990 mellem sagsøgeren, den franske regering og Kommissionen blev indgået.
(d) By its fourth plea the applicant contended that the Commission acted in breach of the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations and infringed Article 155 of the EEC Treaty in declaring the transaction at issue compatible with the common market despite the fact that, had such a transaction been known about in good time, it would have made it impossible for the agreement of 29 October 1990 between the applicant, the French Government and the Commission to be concluded.
Anbringendet består af to led, for det første at Kommissionen har fejlbedømt fusionens virkelige karakter, og for det andet at Kommissionen har anlagt en forkert bedømmelse af den option, British Airways har opnået ved aktionæroverenskomsten. enskomsten.
The plea falls into two parts, the first being to the effect that the Commission failed to have regard to the true nature of the concentration at issue and the second being to the effect that the Commission erred in its assessment of the option granted to British Airways by the shareholders' agreement.
I betragtning af sagens faktiske og retlige omstændigheder finder Retten, at Kommissionen med føje har fastslået, at der foreligger en fælles kontrol, som udøves af de to parter British Airways og TAT, med det joint venture-selskab, der er oprettet ved fusionen.
In view of the factual and legal aspects of this case, the Court considers that the Commission was correct in finding that there exists joint control by British Airways and TAT over the joint venture created by the transaction at issue.
Det fremgår således navnlig af beslutningen, for det første at TAT indtil videre beholder 50,1% af kapitalen i TAT EA, og for det andet at vigtigere beslutninger kun kan træffes af TAT EA's bestyrelse, såfremt mindst et af de af TAT udpegede medlemmer og et af de af British Airways udpegede medlemmer stemmer for beslutningen.
In particular, it is apparent from the decision, first, that TAT now retains 50.1% of the shares in TAT E.A, and, secondly, that major decisions can only be taken by the board of TAT E.A if at least one director nominated by TAT and one director nominated by British Airways vote in favour of the proposal.
I lyset af det anførte, og selv om British Airways udøver en væsentlig ind flydelse, der endog vil være voksende, bemærkes, at Kommissionen med føje har lagt til grund, at der foreligger en fælles kontrol.
In view of those findings, and even though British Airways exercises a substantial and growing influence, the Commission was correct in finding that there exists joint control.
Sagsøgeren har anført, at den afgrænsning af det relevante marked, som Kommissionen har lagt til grund i beslutningens punkt 19-22, hvorefter de to relevante markeder er ruterne Paris-London og Lyon-London, er meget ufuldstændig og derfor forkert, da den ikke er i overensstemmelse med de faktiske økonomiske forhold.
In the applicant's view, the definition of the relevant market adopted by the Commission in paragraphs 19 to 22 of the decision, according to which the two relevant markets are the Paris-London and Lyons-London routes, is very incomplete, and thus erroneous, since it does not correspond to economic reality.
Sagsøgeren kritiserer Kommissionen for ikke at have taget hensyn til de faktiske økonomiske forhold i forbindelse med British Airways' europæiske rutenet.
It complains that the Commission did not take into consideration the economic reality of the European network of British Airways.
Efter de faktiske forhold burde Kommissionen som det relevante marked lægge markedet for den internationale luftfart, uanset hvor denne udøves inden for fællesmarkedets område mellem forskellige medlemsstater, til grund.
That reality is such as to require the Commission to find that the relevant market is the market in international air transport provided anywhere in the common market between different Member States.
Retten finder, at Kommissionens afgrænsning af markedet er korrekt, såvel med hensyn til det omhandlede produkt som i geografisk henseende.
In this regard, the Court considered that the Commission's definition of the market is correct, as regards both the product concerned and the geographical area.
Kommissionen har undersøgt de to ruter, på hvilke der forelå en overlapning mellem de ydelser, der tilbydes af deltagerne i fusionen, nemlig Paris-London og Lyon-London, samt undersøgt, om de eventuelt kunne substitueres med andre ruter, hvorefter den på overbevisende måde har konkluderet, dels at der ikke er substituerbarhed mellem disse to ruter og andre ruter, dels at der er en meget ringe grad af substituerbarhed mellem de to ruter indbyrdes.
The Commission examined the two routes on which there was an overlap between the services proposed by the parties to the concentration, namely Paris-London and Lyons-London, and their possible substitutability with other routes, and arrived at the convincing conclusion, first, that there is no substitutability between those two routes and other routes, and, secondly, that there is very little substitutability between the two routes themselves.
Retten bemærker endvidere, at det fremgår, omend kortfattet og summarisk, at Kommissionen ikke nøjedes med at undersøge den planlagte fusions virkninger udelukkende på de to ruter, der direkte berørtes af den planlagte fusion, men at den også bedømte dennes virkninger mere generelt, dels for så vidt angår den internationale flytrafik med udgangspunkt i Frankrig, dels for så vidt angår virkningerne på et rutenet, der er omfattende eller har stort volumen.
Furthermore, the Court of First Instance noted that, even though the explanations given are short and concise, that the Commission did not limit its examination to consideration of the effects of the planned transaction solely on the two routes directly concerned by the planned transaction, but also assessed the effects of that transaction at a wider level, with regard to international operations from France and to the effects on an extensive or high volume network.
Det skal under alle omstændigheder bemærkes, at som anført af Det Forenede Kongerige har sagsøgeren ikke - hverken udtrykkeligt eller forudsætningsvis - i sine skriftlige indlæg for Retten gjort gældende, at Kommissionen har anlagt et urigtigt skøn ved at fastslå, at fusionen hverken skabte eller styrkede en dominerende stilling på de markeder, som den anså for relevante, lige så lidt som sagsøgeren har gjort gældende, at en sådan stilling er blevet skabt eller styrket på markedet, således som sagsøgeren mener, at det burde være afgrænset.
In any event, as the United Kingdom observed, the applicant did not claim in its pleadings before the Court, either expressly or impliedly, that the Commission committed an error of assessment in finding that the transaction at issue neither created nor strengthened a dominant position on the markets regarded by the Commission as relevant; nor does it claim that such a position would have been created or strengthened on the market as it should, in its view, have been defined. In the circumstances, it cannot contest the legality of the Commission's decision to declare the transaction compatible with the common market.
Det bemærkes, at det fremgår af Domstolens og Rettens faste praksis, at selv om Kommissionen i henhold til traktatens artikel 190 er forpligtet til at begrunde
The Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance have consistently held that, although under Article 190 of the Treaty the Commission is obliged to state the reasons on which its decisions are based, mentioning the factual and legal elements which provide the legal basis for the measure in question and the considerations which have led it to adopt its decision, it is not required to discuss all the issues of fact and of law raised by every party during the administrative proceedings.
Sagsøgeren har anført, at selskabet den 29. oktober 1990, efter at det havde fusioneret med andre franske luftfartsselskaber - UTA og Air Inter - indgik en aftale med Kommissionen og den franske regering, hvori indgik en forpligtelse for selskabet til ikke længere at deltage i de besluttende organer i TAT, som Air France dengang var aktionær i, og til at afhænde alle sine interesser i det nævnte selskab senest den 30. juni 1992.
The applicant explained that on 29 October 1990, following its concentration with other French carriers — UTA and Air Inter, it concluded with the Commission and the French Government an agreement obliging it to cease its involvement in the decision-making organs of TAT, of which it was then a shareholder, and to divest itself totally of its interest in that company by 30 June 1992.