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55.Altstoff Recycling Austria AG (ARA) er den eneste virksomhed, der har en områdedækkendetilbagetagningsordning for emballage fra husholdninger og virksomheder i Østrig.
299.On 14 May, the French authorities lodged an application requesting that the planned acquisitionof Vivendi Universal Publishing (VUP) by the French conglomerate Lagardère be referred to them.
ARA udsteder licensertil at anvende »Der Grüne Punkt«-mærket og overtager forpligtelserne i de selskaber, der er omfattet afden østrigske emballageforordning.
Theoperation involved the two largest publishers in France.
Selskaberne i affaldshåndteringssektoren (SRC, herunder ARGEV,der står for indsamling og sortering af plastikemballage, og ARO, der står for papiremballage)samarbejder med ARA, hvad angår organisation af indsamling og nyttiggørelse af emballage.
300.The French authorities considered that the transaction threatened to create dominant positions in France in a number of markets forming part of the ‘book chain’ (markets for the acquisition of authors’rights, publishing and distribution).
Sammenmed ARA udgør de ARA-ordningen.
They therefore requested a partial referral of the merger so as to beable to analyse the impact of the transaction in France on these various markets.
Den nuværende indsamling, sortering og genindvinding udføres afvirksomheder, der udbyder deres tjenester til affaldshåndteringsselskaberne.
301.The Commission concluded that most of the markets were of supranational geographicaldimension, covering the whole of the French-speaking area in Europe, and could therefore not be subjectto referral.
56.Beslutningen om ARA-ordningen i Østrig anvender og afklarer Kommissionens samlede politikvedrørende tilbagetagning af emballage som fastslået i beslutningerne fra 2001 om DSD i Tyskland og Eco-emballages i Frankrig (42).
302.As far as the markets for the sale of schoolbooks and other textbooks are concerned, the Commission found that the first of these two markets was a separate national market, as the Frenchauthorities claimed (notably because of the existence of national educational programmes).
Formålet er navnlig at sikre, at ARA-ordningen ikke medfører uberettigede eksklusivbestemmelser eller andre uberettigede krav i kontraktrelationerne med partnerne,hvilket kunne hindre nye markedsdeltagere i at komme ind på markedet.
In reaching its decision, the Commission took account of the Lagardère group’s preference for dealing with a single competitionauthority, particularly as only the market for the sale of schoolbooks was referred to the Frenchauthorities.
Som følge af Kommissionensindgriben påtog ARA sig en række forpligtelser vedrørende anvendelsen af »Der Grüne Punkt«-mærketog varigheden af aftalerne med indsamlere og sorteringsanlæg.
303.On 23 October, the Commission decided to refer to the Italian competition authorities theexamination of the proposed acquisition of the Italian tobacco company Ente Tabacchi Italiani (ETI) by British American Tobacco (BAT).
57.ARA kræver ikke licensafgift for emballage, der ikke indgår i ordningen, men bærer »Der Grüne Punkt«-mærket.
ETI is a public stock company active in themanufacture, marketing and sale of tobacco products in Italy.
Licensafgiften svarer derfor til »ingen service, ingen afgift«-princippet. Endvidere har
Its wholly owned subsidiary, Etìnera SpA (Etìnera), distributes these products in Italy.
ARA indgået en forpligtelse, ifølge hvilken ARA tillader anvet påal emballage på det østrigske marked, selv om producenter og importører (delvis) bruger tjenester leveretaf en af ARA’s konkurrenter.
305.The transaction constituted the final step in the privatisation of ETI by the Italian government.BAT, along with two commercial partners, Axiter SpA and FB Group Srl, was selected as the preferredbidder for ETI.
Det er vigtigt for virksomheder, der sælger deres varer i medlemsstater, hvor»Der Grüne Punkt«-mærket er obligatorisk, da de kan sælge deres varer på det østrigske marked uden atskulle anvende to emballagelinjer.
These judgments broadly upheld the substance of both Commission decisions andannulled the clearance decision in so far as it concerned five Member States (Spain, Finland, Ireland,Italy and the United Kingdom).
58.Ifølge aftalerne med indsamlere og sorteringsanlæg er der kun én indsamler og étsorteringsanlæg pr. region og pr. materialetype.
309.Philips had requested annulment of the conditional clearance decision and the referral decisionwhilst BaByliss sought annulment only of the conditional clearance decision.
Det kontraktlige forhold kan afsluttes efter tre år, og ARA forpligtede sig til at tildele nye kontrakter efter en procedure baseret på konkurrence, åbenhed ogobjektivitet senest efter fem år.
The CFI dismissed theapplication by Philips and upheld the application by BaByliss in so far as it related to Spain, Finland,Ireland, Italy and the United Kingdom.
En varighed på mellem tre og fem år for aftaler med en eksklusivitetsforpligtelse kan accepteres for at give genindvindingsselskaber mulighed for at afskrive de investeringer, derer nødvendige for at opbygge indsamlingsinfrastrukturen.
If the Commission considers that it has sufficient time to examine lateamendments and to carry out the necessary investigations, it must be in a position to clear the concentrationeven if such modifications are made after the deadline.
59.De særlige udbudsbetingelser på markedet for indsamling og sortering af husholdningernesemballageaffald gør en fordobling af den eksisterende indsamlingsinfrastruktur umulig ellerøkonomisk urealistisk.
311.The applicants challenged the commitment to license the Moulinex trademark for a limitedduration on the basis that it was not suited to removing the competition concerns identified.
Det var derfor nødvendigt at knytte betingelser til beslutningen om fritagelse,der gik ud på, at ARGEV ikke må forhindre indsamlere og sorteringsanlæg i at åbne deres infrastrukturfor ARA-ordningens konkurrenter.
The CFIruled that there is nothing to exclude a priori that a behavioural remedy such as a trademark licensingmay be sufficient to resolve the competition concerns posed by a concentration. In view of the
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XXXIIIRD REPORT ON COMPETITION POLICY 2003 — SEC(2004) 658 FINAL83 importance of trademarks in the markets in question, the CFI upheld the Commission’s reasoning that thecommitment was appropriate and proportionate.
60.Den 30. april og den 16. juli vedtog Kommissionen to beslutninger om fritagelse, der fastsatte,hvor langt mobiloperatører kan samarbejde om netdeling.
Secondly, it considered that serious doubts could be excluded where there were nosignificant overlaps or, thirdly, when competitors had a significant presence.
I februar 2002 anmeldte T-Mobile og mmO2 toaftaler om parternes samarbejde om netdeling angående opbygningen af tredje generation af mobiltelenet(»3G«) i Det Forenede Kongerige og Tyskland.
Fourthly, it considered thatserious doubts could also be excluded when the product market in question was of little importance inrelation to all small household electrical appliances of the combined entity because in that case retailerswould have countervailing buyer power (an inverse portfolio effect).
61.Det blev fastslået, at mobiloperatørers »site sharing« ikke er konkurrencebegrænsende i deomhandlede tilfælde.
314.With respect to the first step, the CFI did not object to the Commission’s finding that a combinedmarket share of 40 % may indicate serious doubts in the individual markets concerned, subject to theexamination of other factors.
Samarbejdet omfatter nemlig kun basisnetelementer, og parterne beholder denindividuelle kontrol med deres basisnet. »Site sharing« blev også betragtet som nyttig af hensyn til miljøog sundhed.
However, the CFI emphasised that markets withnon-significant overlaps, but where the parties already have high market shares before the merger, shouldalso be taken into account in the assessment of any portfolio effects.
62.Det fastslås, at national roaming mellem mobiloperatører er konkurrencebegrænsende påengrosniveau og potentielt har skadelige virkninger på de afledte detailmarkeder.
The CFI found that the Commission had notestablished that retailers would behave in the manner described and not simply pass on the priceincreases to end-consumers.
National roaming giverimidlertid operatørerne mulighed for at tilbyde bedre dækning, kvalitet og transmissionshastighed for derestjenester samt udbygning af net og tjenesteudbud inden for en kortere tidsramme.
The CFI therefore held that the Commission’s analysis in thedecision did not enable it to exclude that serious doubts existed in Finland, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
I de to beslutninger fritog Kommissionen national roaming i landdistrikter indtil den 31. december 2008, hvorimod national roaming ibyområder skal udfases efter en stram tidsplan frem til den 31. december 2008.
316.The CFI ruled that Philips’s application was admissible on the ground that the Article 9 referencedecision was likely to produce direct and automatic legal effects for Philips, the main competitor of SEB-
Yamaha ermarkedsleder på de fleste relevante markeder for musikinstrumenter i Europa.
On 11 November, the transactionwas cleared without commitments.
De omhandlede foranstaltninger, der væsentligst var indeholdt i distributionsaftaler, omfattedegeografiske begrænsninger (navnlig forbud mod leverancer mellem forhandlerne i det selektive distributionsnet) og begrænsninger for forhandlernes mulighed for at fastsætte videresalgspriser.
In this context the CFIdismissed the applicants’ submission that, in referring to Mirabellier’s position as a new entrant withoutrecent experience in the relevant retail market, the Commission had applied a purchaser requirement notspecified in the commitments. It also confirmed the other elements of the Commission’s appraisal.
Boks 2: Konkurrence og tvtransmission af store internationale sportsbegivenheder — Fastsættelse af grundregler: beslutning om UEFA
325.In this context, the CFI recalled that, according to established case-law and in the light of thesubstantive rules of the merger regulation (in particular Article 2), the Commission has a certaindiscretionary power, notably concerning appraisals of an economic nature.
Et begrænset antal sportsrettigheder — navnlig inden for fodbold — samt førsteudsendelse afsuccesfilm er et tv-indhold, der har afgørende betydning for tv-stationers mulighed for at tiltrækkereklamer, hvilket er hovedindtægtskilden for kommercielt gratis- og betalings-tv.
327.By two decisions of 5 September 2000, pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of the merger regulation (the‘EC decision’) and of 14 September 2000 taken under Article 66 of the ECSC Treaty (the ‘ECSCdecision’) (156), the Commission cleared the acquisition by Salzgitter of MRW.
Enerettighedertil hovedparten af et sådant indhold giver en etableret tv-station en markedsposition, der gør detmeget vanskeligt for nye konkurrenter at få indpas på markedet.
Salzgitter is an integrated steel producer which makes and distributes a wide range of products, including large diameter spirallywelded pipe. MRW is engaged in the production of steel tubes and pipes of the feedstock for suchproducts.
Konkurrenceproblemer på markederne for rettigheder til sportsbegivenheder skyldes ofte aftalerom fælles salg og eksklusive rettigheder, der er vidtrækkende og/eller har lang varighed.
328.The operation presented overlaps in the production of semi-finished products, but the Commission found no competition problems due to the relatively low market shares of the parties in the EEA-wide steel and tube markets and the existence of overcapacity in the industry.
Fremmeaf effektiv konkurrence for sportsrettigheder kan fremme konkurrencen på markederne for tvtransmission og give seerne adgang til et stort udbud af innovative tv-kvalitetstjenester til enrimelig pris.
A number of smallermanufacturers of large diameter tubes who purchased raw materials from Salzgitter raised concerns that
Det er sandsynligt, at udviklingen af det nye internet- og mobilmarked vil ske sideløbende medudviklingen af markederne for betalings-tv, således at sportsindhold vil blive en af drivkræfternefor udviklingen af disse nye tjenester.
XXXIIIRD REPORT ON COMPETITION POLICY 2003 — SEC(2004) 658 FINAL after the operation they may not be able to source their requirements from the merged entity oncompetitive terms.
Rettighedsindehaverne har imidlertid i øjeblikket en tendenstil at tilbageholde udnyttelsen af nye medierettigheder, fordi de frygter, at de vil fjerne værdien aftv-rettighederne.
Salzgitter declared that it would continue to provide quarto plate and hot rolled widestrip (raw materials necessary to manufacture tubes) on nondiscriminatory terms in order to allay thesefears.
Kommissionen kan ikke acceptere konkurrencebegrænsende aftaler, der fører tiltilbageholdelse af sådanne rettigheder.
The ECSC decision took note of this declaration.
Kommissionens beslutning af 23. juli i UEFA Champions League-sagen er et eksempel på,hvordan der kan indgås aftaler om fælles salg af eksklusive medierettigheder, der er til gavn forforbrugerne, og som hindrer unødvendige konkurrencebegrænsninger, hvad angår udbudsbegrænsning og priskonkurrence.
Inessence the applicants submitted that the Commission’s decisions did not sufficiently address the allegedhorizontal and vertical issues of the concentration, in particular Salzgitter’s alleged capability andincentive to discriminate against independent tube manufacturers to favour MRW’s tube production.
UEFA’s fælles salgsaftale, der var indgået, før Kommissionen greb ind, illustrerer disse punkter.UEFA solgte alle tvrettigheder i én pakke til en tv-station på eksklusivt grundlag for en fireårigperiode pr. medlemsstat.
330.The CFI upheld the Commission’s conclusions as to the product and geographic scope of themarket for hot rolled wide strip and concluded that the Commission did not commit any manifest error inassessing the effects of the concentration on the market for large diameter pipes.
Mange rettigheder forblev ubrugte, da der normalt kun blev sendt 1-2kampe direkte ud af maksimum 16.
With regard to themarket for smaller diameter pipes, the CFI rejected the applicants’ plea that the Commission had notsufficiently analysed the effects of the concentration on this market, since there was neither a horizontaloverlap nor a significant position of the merged entity in the upstream market for hot rolled wide strip.
Nye medierettigheder blev ikke udnyttet, og fodboldklubbernekunne ikke udnytte nye medierettigheder individuelt.
The CFI stated that, since the operationhad been notified to the Commission under the merger regulation, in the absence of any evidence ofactual coordination between the parent companies of both Europipe and HKM the Commission wasunder no obligation to analyse such effects under Article 81 of the EC Treaty.
Beslutning om fritagelse med betingelser/forpligtelser af 23.7.2003 i sag COMP/C2/37.398 (pressemeddelelse IP/03/1105 af 24.7.2003).
In 2001, they had complained to the Commission about the acquisition of Kurier-Magazine Verlags GmbH by Verlagsgruppe News GmbH (Bertelsmann group), contending that the Commissionshould have examined the concentration (159) owing to its alleged Community dimension.
Kommissionen erkender imidlertid, at en fælles salgsaftale potentielt kan forbedre produktion ogdistribution til fordel for fodboldklubber, tv-stationer og seere.
335.The ECJ upheld the order of the CFI and took the opportunity to clarify the Commission’sobligations regarding complaints in merger proceedings.
En fælles salgsaftale skaber etsamlet salgssted for et mærket og pakket ligaprodukt.
First, the ECJ ruled that the Commission cannotrefrain from taking account of complaints from undertakings that are not party to a concentration capableof having a Community dimension.
Det kan føre til en betragtelig nedsættelse aftransaktionsomkostningerne.
It considered that the implementation of such a transaction for thebenefit of undertakings in competition with the complainants is likely to bring about an immediatechange in the complainants’ situation in the market or markets concerned.
Det er klart, at en fælles salgsaftale ikke skal indeholde konkurrencebegrænsninger, der ikke er nødvendige for at sikre denne effektivitet og forbrugerfordele.
In the ECJ’s view, this is oneof the reasons why Article 18 of the merger regulation provides that interested third parties are entitled tobe heard by the Commission.
Kommissionen mener, at den har opnået dette i de nye fælles salgsaftaler, som UEFA — efterintense forhandlinger — anmeldte i 2002.
336.Furthermore, the Commission cannot maintain that it is not required to take a decision on thequestion of its competence as supervising authority, when it is exclusively responsible, pursuant to Article 21 of the merger regulation, for taking the decisions provided for by that regulation.
Aftalerne sikrer, at alle medierettigheder sælges efter enudbudsprocedure i 14 forskellige pakker af op til tre års varighed.
If the Commission were to refuse to adjudicate formally, at the request of third-party undertakings, as towhether a concentration which has not been notified falls within the scope of the merger regulation, itwould make it impossible for such undertakings to take advantage of the procedural guarantees affordedto them by Community legislation.
Endvidere vil UEFA miste sineeksklusive rettigheder til at sælge tv-rettigheder, der ikke er solgt før en bestemt skæringsdato.Både UEFA og de individuelle klubber vil sideløbende udnytte visse direkte tv-rettigheder,medierettigheder til forskudt transmission, arkivrettigheder og ikke mindst nye medierettigheder.Det vil give en mere omfattende og forskelligartet dækning af konkurrencen.
The Commission would, at the same time, deprive itself of a means ofchecking that undertakings that are parties to a concentration with a Community dimension properlycomply with their obligation to notify.
Ud over UEFA’sfremstilling af en række League-produkter, kan fodboldklubber nu fremstille nye klubmærkedeprodukter, der viser de individuelle klubbers indsats i UEFA Champions League på deresnetsteder, mobiltjenester, dvd o.l.
Furthermore, complaining undertakings would not be in a positionto challenge the Commission’s refusal to assess a concentration where such refusal is likely to harm theirinterests.
Kommissionens indgriben førte til en succesrig åbning af markedet. Dobbelt så mange tv-kanalervil transmittere UEFA Champions League sammenlignet med situationen før Kommissionensindgriben.
337.Finally, the ECJ ruled that, in the interest of sound administration, the Commission has anobligation to undertake a thorough and impartial examination of the complaints it receives.
Ifølge de principper, der blev fastslået i UEFA Champions League-sagen, undersøger Kommissionenogså visse nationale ligaers fælles salg af fodbold.
338.The ECJ held that parties who wish to challenge the competence of national authorities toexamine a concentration owing to its Community dimension must complain to the Commission within areasonable period of time.
Her er stillingen på markedet imidlertid væsentligtstærkere og risikoen for lukning af markedet betydeligt større.
It based this requirement on the need to ensure legal certainty for businessesand procedural certainty under the merger regulation.
Kommissionen vil være særligopmærksom på gennemgangen af disse aspekter.
In this case, the ECJ considered the complaint tohave been lodged out of time.
65.Den 25. juli godkendte Kommissionen ved en administrativ skrivelse Philips’ og Sonys bilateraleaftaler om indførelse af et verdensomspændende licensprogram for cd- og 2003-udgaven af en standardlicensaftale, som Philips tilbyder tredjeparter baseret på Philips’ og Sonys patenter samt patenter, som erbaseret på selskabernes fælles opfindelser inden for cd-teknologi.
339.On 30 September, the Court of First instance (CFI) rejected two applications made by Spanishcable operators (Aunacable and others) for annulment of the Commission decision of 14 August 2002 torefer — pursuant to Article 9 of the merger regulation — the appraisal of the concentration between Sogecable SA and Vía Digital to the Spanish competition authority (the ‘referral decision’).
66.Kommissionen konkluderede, at aftalerne om indførelse af det fælles licensprogram for cd’er varomfattet af gruppefritagelsesforordningen for visse kategorier af aftaler om overførsel af teknologi.
340.Sogecable is a payTV operator (via Canal+ and Canalsatélite Digital) jointly controlled by Prisa(a Spanish media group) and Groupe Canal+ (Vivendi). It runs an analogue payTV channel (Canal+)and a platform for digital satellite TV (Canalsatélite Digital).
Selvom aftaler mellem medlemmer af en patentpulje normalt ikke kan omfattes af ovennævnte forordning,dækker artikel 5, stk. 2, nr. 2, patentpuljer, der kun består af to parter, uden nogen geografiskebegrænsninger i EØS-området.
It provides technical services and is activein the production/sale/distribution of thematic TV channels and of films, as well as in the acquisition andsale of sports rights. Vía Digital is the second multi-channel payTV operator in Spain and is controlled
Sag COMP/C3/37.228, Ingman Disc + VDC mod Philips og Sony, COMP/C3/37.561, Pollydis mod Philips og Sony,COMP/C3/37.707, Broadcrest mfl. mod Philips og Sony, og COMP/C3/38.787, Philips og Sony: anmeldelse afstandardlicensaftalen.
Joined Cases T-346 and T-347/02 Sogecable/Canalsatélite Digital/Vía Digital v Commission.
67.Endvidere blev det vurderet, at 2003-udgaven af standardlicensaftalen ikke medførte nogenmærkbar begrænsning af konkurrencen i den i EF-traktatens artikel 81, stk. 1, anførte betydning, navnlignår der kun skal meddeles licenser for væsentlige patenter i denne udgave.
341.The CFI ruled that, although the referral decision did not affect the competitive position of theapplicants since only the decision of the Spanish competition authority could have such an effect, theywere directly and individually affected by the referral decision.
Endvidere kan licenstagernevælge den fælles licens eller individuelle licenser hos Philips og Sony og bruge dem, uanset om der ertale om standardspecifikationer eller ej. »Grant-back«-bestemmelsen gælder kun patenter af betydningfor den/de type(r) cd, den enkelte licenstager vælger.
This was due to the fact that a referraldecision deprives them of their legal rights to participate as third parties in the Commission’s reviewunder Article 18(4) of the merger regulation and to launch an appeal before the CFI.
68.Den 23. oktober vedtog Kommissionen en beslutning om fritagelse for endnu en periode påfem år for REIMS II-aftalen (48).
343.The CFI rejected this interpretation of Article 9(2), holding that the concept of distinct marketmust be understood as referring to a different product and geographic market pursuant to Article 9(7) ofthe merger regulation.
Aftalen vedrører det gebyr, de såkaldte terminalafgifter, som parterne betaler hinanden for udbringning af grænseoverskridende post, dvs. post, der sendes fra enmedlemsstat til en anden.
On this basis, the CFI held that it was not relevant whether certain structuralelements of the markets concerned are also present in other geographical areas.
17 offentlige posttjenester, herunder alle medlemsstaternes posttjenesterbortset fra Nederlandenes, og posttjenesterne i Norge, Island og Schweiz har på nuværende tidspunktundertegnet REIMS II-aftalen.
For a referral, it issufficient to show that the conditions of competition in the area in which the undertakings concerned areinvolved in the supply of goods or services are not homogenous and that, in particular, consumerpreferences and certain barriers to entry limit that market to the territory of a particular Member State.The fact that an undertaking is active in various Member States does not automatically mean that themarkets in which the undertaking is active have a geographic dimension exceeding the territory of aparticular Member State.