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I forbindelse med proceduren ændrede Enel de betingelser, hvorpå den enkelte kunde kunne opsige kontrakten ved at fjerne klausulen om forkøbsret og tillade kunderne: a) ensidigt at opsige aftalen inden for 12 måneder efter den dato, hvor de var blevet anerkendt som privilegerede kunder, som det i øvrigt er fastsat i en afgørelse truffet af den ansvarlige myndighed for gas- og elektricitetsforsyning; b) efter udløbet af ovennævnte frist på 12 måneder at genforhandle kontrakten i forbindelse med prisændringer eller lovgivningsmæssige ændringer.
In thecourse of the proceedings, Enel amended the conditions whereby each customer could terminate itssupply contract by eliminating the English clause and enabling eligible customers (a) to terminate thesupply contract unilaterally during the first twelve months after the date on which they were recognisedas eligible customers, in accordance with the decision of the electricity and gas authorities and (b) to askfor the contract to be renegotiated, on expiry of the twelve-month period referred to above, in the eventof changes to tariffs or legislation.
Konkurrencemyndigheden fandt, at Enels ændringer af kontraktvilkårene var tilstrækkelige til at hindre konkurrencefordrejende virkninger.
The Competition Authority took the view that the amendments madeby Enel to the contractual conditions governing the supply of electricity were sufficient to eliminate thedistortions of competition resulting from the previous arrangements.
Af de tre verserende sager drejer sagen Consorzio industrie fiammiferi sig om eventuelle overtrædelser af artikel 81, stk. 1, og artikel 82 på markedet for produktion og engrosdistribution af tændstikker i Italien.
With regard to the three sets of proceedings still pending, the Consorzio industrie fiammifericaseconcerns possible infringements of Article81(1) and Article82 in the market for the production andwholesale distribution of matches in Italy.
Det drejer sig især om en formodet samordning af italienske tændstikproducenters forretningspolitik og om adfærd, der kan have til følge at begrænse nationale og europæiske konkurrenters adgang til markedet. I marts 1999 besluttede konkurrencemyndigheden i sin undersøgelse
The case involves the presumed coordination of thecommercial policies of Italian match manufacturers and conduct likely to have the effect of limitingaccess to the market by competing producers, whether from Italy or from other Community countries.In March the Competition Authority decided to carry out further investigations into the business linksbetween Consorzio industrie fiammiferi and Swedish Match SA, the largest European match producer,with a view to ascertaining whether an agreement fixing market shares in advance for match sales in Italy had been put into practice.
Proceduren vedrørende virksomhederne Stream og Telepiù, der blev indledt i marts 1999, drejer sig om eventuelle overtrædelser af Fællesskabets konkurrenceregler på de nationale markeder for betalings-tv, rettigheder til krypterede sportstransmissioner og krypterede filmrettigheder.
The set of proceedings concerning Stream and Telepiù, which was initiated in March, concerns possibleinfringements of Community competition rules on the Italian markets for pay television, encrypted rightsfor sports broadcasts and encrypted film rights.
Overtrædelserne formodes især at have form af langvarige eksklusive aftaler om erhvervelse af rettigheder til transmission af fodboldkampe og krypterede film, som Telepiù har indgået med de store fodboldhold og de største italienske og amerikanske filmproducenter, samt en aftale om eksklusiv distribution indgået mellem Telepiù og Stream vedrørende fordeling af kabel- og satellittransmitterede programmer. Den tredje procedure.
These alleged infringements were linked to long-termexclusivity contracts for the acquisition of rights for football matches and encrypted films concluded by Telepiù with the main football teams and the leading Italian and US film producers, and to the exclusivedistribution contract concluded between Telepiù and Stream for the purpose of sharing cable and satellitebroadcasts.
Den formodede overtrædelse har mere præcist form af en ændring af taksterne for ground-handling baseret på en loyalitetsrabatordning sammenkoblet med mængderabatter og skabelse af hindringer for egenproducenter og virksomheder, der udgør reelle eller potentielle konkurrenter.
More specifically,the behaviour under scrutiny is said to consist of an amendment to charges for groundhandling servicesin the form of a new system of quantity-based «loyalty» discounts and of the creation of obstacles to inhouse production and activities by actual or potential competitors.
Hvad angår anvendelsen af nationale konkurrenceregler af interesse for EU's konkurrencepolitik skal det bemærkes, at konkurrencemyndigheden i juli 1999 afsluttede en procedure vedrørende eventuelle overtrædelser af forbuddet mod konkurrencebegrænsende aftaler fra Lega Nazionale Professionistis side. en privat sammenslutning med deltagelse af 38 fodboldklubber, der deltager i mesterskabskampe i 1. og 2. divisions.
With regard to the application of national competition rules where a Community interest exists, it shouldbe noted that in July the Competition Authority terminated proceedings to establish potentialinfringements of the ban on anticompetitive restrictive practices by the Lega Nazionale Professionisti(LNP), a private association to which the 38 football clubs taking part in the first and second divisionchampionships are affiliated.
Ifølge fodboldligaens vedtægter gav fodboldklubberne ligaen eneret til forvaltning af rettighederne til krypteret og ikke-krypteret genudsendelse af mesterskabskampene og den italienske pokalturnering.
The football league regulations provided for the LNPto be given exclusiverights by clubs to free-to-air and encrypted television coverage for championship matches and the Italia Cup.
Indtil sæsonen 1998-1999 solgte ligaen kollektivt rettighederne til ovennævnte genudsendelser.
Until the 1998-99 season, the LNPhad sold free-to-air and encrypted television broadcasting rightsfor first and second division championship matches and the Italia Cup on a collective basis.
Med henblik på at undersøge den konkurrencebegrænsende karakter af Ligaens kollektive salg af rettigheder ansås det for nødvendigt at foretage en sondring mellem tre produkter : rettighederne til genudsendelse uden kryptering af højdepunkterne i mesterskabskampene i 1. og 2. division, rettighederne til mesterskabskampene i 1. og 2. division og rettighederne til pokalkampene.
With a viewto assessing whether the collective sale of rights by the LNPconstituted a restrictive practice, it wasdeemed necessary to distinguish between the three products sold: free-to-air broadcasting rights for thehighlights of first and second division championship matches; rights for first and second divisionchampionship matches; and rights for Italia Cup matches.
Ifølge konkurrencemyndigheden er det centraliserede salg af højdepunkterne økonomisk begrundet i de høje omkostninger, der er forbundet med individuelt salg af disse rettigheder. Kollektivt salg ansås derfor ikke for at være konkurrencebegrænsende som omhandlet i lov nr. 287/90, for så vidt som det syntes at være den eneste mulige form for markedsføring af produktet.
According to the Competition Authority, theeconomic justification for the centralised sale of highlights was the high costs associated with theindividual sale of those rights.
Det centraliserede salg af disse produkter ansås derfor for at udgøre en konkurrencebegrænsende aftale.
The centralised sale of thoseproducts was therefore deemed to constitute a restrictive practice which limited competition.
Også det centraliserede salg af rettighederne til genudsendelse af pokalkampene ansås for at kunne indvirke på markedets funktion.
Lastly, thecentralised sale of rights for the Italia Cup was also deemed to be such as to affect the operation of themarket.
Der blev dog taget hensyn til de høje omkostninger ved transaktionerne og den usikkerhed, der for tvselskaberne er forbundet med køb af rettigheder, hvis indehavere ikke kendes før kort før den pågældende begivenhed (når det er afgjort, hvilke hold der har kvalificeret sig til næste runde).
However, account was taken of the high cost of the transactions and of the uncertainty involvedfor broadcasting companies purchasing rights whose owners are known only shortly before the event(once it is clear which teams have qualified for the next round).
På baggrund af disse overvejelser og det forhold, at ligaen foretog visse ændringer i sine vedtægter umiddelbart efter indledningen af proceduren, vurderedes det, at de centraliserede forhandlinger om rettighederne til pokalkampene, — alene for de runder, hvor det ene hold udgår —, kunne omfattes af undtagelsesbestemmelsen i artikel 4 i lov nr. 287/90.
In view of these considerations and thefact that the Italian league made a number of changes to its regulations immediately after proceedingswere instituted, the centralised sale of rights for the Italia Cup, only for the knockout stages, was deemedto qualify for exemption under Article4 of Law No 287/90.
En anden sag af interesse for EU's konkurrencelovgivning er den procedure, som konkurrencemyndigheden afsluttede i december 1999 vedrørende Coca-Cola-kontrollerede virksomheder, der opererer i Italien, og visse uafhængige påfyldningsvirksomheder, der opererer i
Also likely to be significant from a Community point of view are the proceedings terminated by the Competition Authority in December concerning companies controlled by Coca-Cola operating in Italyas well as certain independent bottling plants based in southern Italy and the islands.
ANVENDELSEN AF KONKURRENCEREGLERNE I MEDLEMSSTATERNE 359
352APPLICATION OF THE COMPETITION RULES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Med henblik på at forberede Commission des Pratiques Commerciales Restrictives (CPCR) på de nye opgaver, den skal varetage efter ikrafttrædelsen af den ændrede konkurrencelov, har økonomiministeren forelagt den forskellige sager, hvoraf de to mest interessante vedrører telekommunikationssektoren og betalingsformer (»spisekuponer«) i restaurationssektoren.
With a view to preparing the Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (CPCR) for the new functions itmay be required to fulfil after the entry into force of the planned reform of the Competition Act, the Minister for Economic Affairs referred a number of cases to it. The two most interesting cases submittedto the CPCR concerned telecommunications and payment services (luncheon vouchers) in the cateringindustry.
Den første sag drejer sig om aftaler indgået mellem teleoperatører om fastsættelse af takster for vidcrescndel.se af internationale telefonopkald til modtageren.
The first case had to do with accounting rates, which are arrangements freely negotiated betweentelecommunications operators whereby they are paid for transferring international telephone calls to theirdestination.
Aftalen om takstfastsættelse er gjort til genstand for en indledende undersøgelse i Kommissionen, som har suspenderet proceduren, for at de nationale myndigheder inden for rammerne af den decentraliserede anvendelse af EU's konkurrenceregler kan behandle sagen og træffe afgørelse i henhold til de respektive nationale lovgivninger.
Accounting rates formed the subject-matter of a preliminary inquiry by the European Commission, which suspended the proceedings in order that the national authorities might, as part of thedecentralisation process, handle the case with a view to taking a decision under their domestic law.
Økonomiministeren konkluderede, at det på grundlag af den gennemførte undersøgelse ikke var muligt at fastslå forekomsten af en dominerende stilling i sektoren.
The Minister for Economic Affairs concluded that the investigation carried out did not show that a dominantposition had been established in the industry.
Den anden sag drejer sig om en klage over praksis vedrørende betalingsformer i restauranter, som blev afsluttet i maj 1999.
The other case was based on a complaint concerningpayment methods in restaurants, which was concluded in May.
Der er afholdt regelmæssige konsultationer mellem konkurrencemyndigheden (NMa) og Kommissionen inden for rammerne af samarbejdet mellem Kommissionen og medlemsstaterne om gennemførelsen af konkurrencereglerne.
Regular consultations took place between the Dutch Competition Authority (NMa) and the Commissionwithin the framework of cooperation arrangements between the Commission and the Member States onimplementation of the competition rules.
Formålet med disse konsultationer er dels at sikre en ensartet anvendelse af konkurrence reglerne og dels at undgå den praksis, der består i at søge den mest gunstige — europæiske eller nationale — jurisdiktion.
The purpose of these consultations is to ensure uniformapplication of the competition rules and to prevent parties from shopping around for the authority, be it European or domestic, perceived as the most sympathetic.
Samarbejdet har navnlig drejet sig om sager, hvor Kommissionen havde tilsendt parterne en administrativ skrivelse.
The consultations essentially concerned cases in which the Commission had sent a comfort letter to theparties.
Samrådet drejede sig ligeledes om tilfælde, hvor klager og/eller anmodninger om fritagelse frem sendes samtidig til NMa og Kommissionen.
They also took place in cases in which complaints and/or exemption applications had been sentsimultaneously to the NMa and the Commission.
På den måde er det muligt at afgøre, hvilken instans der primært skal tage sig af sagsbehandlingen, mens den anden udsætter sin afgørelse ; parterne underrettes herom.
In this way a decision can be taken as to which bodyis primarily responsible for investigating the matter; the other body stays proceedings and the parties areinformed.
En delig har NMa efter indførelsen af EU's nye politik vedrørende vertikale aftaler udsat undersøgelsen af en række sager for at undgå at skulle annullere trufne afgørelser, når de nye regler træder i kraft.
Lastly, under the new Community policy on vertical agreements, the NMa adjourned a certainnumber of proceedings so as to avoid a decision having to be annulled when the new provisions enteredinto force.
I henhold til national lov har konkurrencerådet i 1999 truffet afgørelse i to overtrædelsesprocedurer, der drejede sig om henholdsvis virksomheden Tabaqueira's misbrug af dominerende stilling i form af de kontraktvilkår, der pålægges lagervirksomheder og grossister, og forskellige former for konkurrencebegrænsende praksis i form af en ordning for distribution af alkoholfrie kulsyreholdige drikke.
Acting under domestic law, the Competition Council handed down decisions in two infringementproceedings in 1999 concerning, respectively, an abuse of a dominant positionon the part of Tabaqueira with regard to the contractual conditions imposed on stockists and wholesalers, and variousrestrictive practiceslinked to a distribution system for soft drinks.
Ingen af disse procedurer medførte bødestraf.
Neither set of proceedings led to anyfines being imposed.
Konkurrencerådet har desuden fremsat en erklæring om ikke-anvendelighed af artikel 2 i anordning nr. 371/93 på en aftale mellem virksomheder i lægemiddelsektoren om oprettelse af et joint-venture.
The Council also issued a declaration of nonapplicability with regard to Article2 of Decree-law No 371/93 as part of a prior assessment procedure for an agreement signed by pharmaceuticalscompanies with a view to setting up a joint venture.
360 ANVENDELSEN AF KONKURRENCEREGLERNE I DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION
THE APPLICATION OF COMPETITION RULES IN THE MEMBER STATES353
I samme periode afsluttede generaldirektoratet behandlingen af følgende sager: — Unieer — União Cervejeira, SA, der drejede sig om denne virksomheds øldistributionsordning; — Associação da Bolsa de Valores de Lisboa (ABVL), hvor det drejede sig om en diskriminerende praksis og misbrug af dominerende stilling i tilknytning til levering af børsinformationer — Lusomundo — Audiovisuais. der drejede sig om Lusomodos filmdistributionssystem.
During the same period, the Directorate-General for Trade and Competition wound up investigations ofthe following cases by issuing the corresponding final report — Unicer — União Cervejeira, SA, inconnection with which it looked into the beer distribution system practised by this company; —Associação da Bolsa de Valores de Lisboa (ABVL), which concerned a discriminatory practice and anabuse of a dominant position in connection with the provision of information during stock markettrading, and Lusomundo — Audiovisuais, in which Lusomundo’s film distribution system came underscrutiny.
Hvad angår fusionskontrol modtog generaldirektoratet 67 fusionsanmeldelser inden for følgende sektorer: industri (43); handel (7); tjenesteydelser (17).
In the merger control field, the Directorate-General received 67 notifications concerning the followingsectors: industry (43), commerce (7) and services (17).
Heraf blev 57 godkendt, to af disse på betingelse af opfyldelse af visse krav, i et tilfælde trak de deltagende virksomheder anmeldelsen tilbage, og de øvrige sager befinder sig stadig i evalueringsfasen.
Of these operations, 57 were authorisedunconditionally and two were authorised on a conditional basis. One notification was withdrawn by thecompanies concerned and the others are still being investigated.
I det første tilfælde idømte markedsdomstolen (Marknadsdomstolen) SAS en bøde på I mio. SEK for overtrædelse af konkurrencereglerne, fordi virksomheden havde nægtet at indgå en interline-aftale med en konkurrent.
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I det andet tilfælde fandt konkurrencemyndigheden, at SAS's anvendelse af loyalitetsrabatordningen EuroBonus (SAS Frequent Flyer Programme) på indenrigsruterne var i strid med konkurrenceloven, da denne praksis udgjorde en hindring for andre luftfartsselskaber, der ønskede at etablere eller opretholde konkurrerende indenlandske luftfartsforbindelser.
In the other instance, the Competition Authority took the view that SAS’s application of the EuroBonus loyalty scheme (SAS Frequent Flyer Programme) on domestic lines contravened competition rulesbecause it represented an obstacle for other airlines wishing to set up or maintain competing domesticservices.
Myndigheden anmodede derfor SAS om at ændre anvendelsen af EuroBonus på indenrigsruter.
The Authority therefore called on SAS to make changes to the way it applied EuroBonus fordomestic flights.
Efter anmodning fra SAS udsatte markedsdomstolen håndhævelsen af denne afgørelse i afventning af den endelige dom i sagen.
At the request of SAS, the Market Tribunal issued a stay of execution pending its finalruling.
I en sag vedrørende et kartel fandt konkurrencemyndigheden, at virksomhederne Uponor AB, AB Svenska Wavin og KWH Pipe Sverige AB. der opererer i sektoren for plastrør, havde gjort sig skyldige i en række overtrædelser af konkurrenceloven, navnlig ved indgåelse af aftaler om opdeling af markeder, aftaler om prisfastsættelse, udveksling af oplysninger om salgsvolumen og ved en indbyrdes fordeling af store kontrakter indgået med kommunerne i sektoren for vandrør. Formålet og resultatet var at hindre eller begrænse konkurrencen på markedet for plastrør.
In a case concerning a restrictive practice, the Competition Authority held that Uponor AB, AB Svenska Wavin and KWH Pipe Sverige AB, which operate in the plastic pipes sector, had committed a numberof infringements of the competition rules, particularly by engaging in restrictive practices concerningmarket shares, pricefixing and exchanges of information on sales volumes, and by dividing up majortenders by municipal authorities in the water pipe sector.
De tre virksomheders adfærd bevirkede en alvorlig begrænsning af konkurrencen, da den havde til følge, at de omhandlede virksomheder fik langvarig kontrol over markedet for plastrør og en stor del af markedet for polyethylenrør.
The conduct of the threecompanies represented a serious distortion of competition because it effectively restricted the plastic pipemarket and a substantial part of the polyethylene pressure pipe market or placed those markets undertheir control for a long period of time.
Konkurrencemyndigheden anmodede derfor handelsdomstolen i Stockholm om at idømme Uponor, Wavin og KWH Pipe bøder på henholdsvis 13, 3 og 1,5 mio. SEK.
Accordingly, the Competition Authority requested the Stockholm Market Tribunal to impose fines on Uponor, Wavin and KWH Pipe of SEK13 million, SEK3 millionand SEK1.5 million respectively.
I december 1999 indledte konkurrencemyndigheden en undersøgelse af de fem største benzinselskaber med henblik på at indsamle de nødvendige oplysninger til en rapport om en eventuel samordning af deres prisændringer og rabatter på benzin i strid med den svenske konkurrencelov.
In December the Competition Authority surveyed the five largest oil companies with a view to collatingdata for a report examining whether they had coordinated petrol price adjustments and discounts incontravention of the Swedish competition rules.
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THE APPLICATION OF COMPETITION RULES IN THE MEMBER STATES355
C — De nationale domstoles anvendelse af EU's konkurrenceregler
There are no statistics on the application of the Community competition rules in Finland by the nationalcourts and, as far as can be established, there were no important judgments.
Kun syv medlemsstaters konkurrencemyndigheder (Tyskland, Belgien, Finland, Frankrig, Italien, Nederlandene og Det Forenede Kongerige) har givet meddelelse om afgørelser truffet af en national domstol under anvendelse af EU's konkurrenceregler eller afgørelser, hvor EF-Domstolen blev anmodet om at afgøre et præjudicielt spørgsmål.
Required to give a decision on public sector employmentcontracts concluded by Aéroports de Paris (a public corporation), the Council, before pronouncingjudgment, consulted the Competition Council in order to gather «all the information» enabling it todetermine whether the acts in question constituted an abuse of a dominant position within the meaningof Article8 of the Order of 1December1986.(322)
I dette afsnit omtales ikke domme, der er afsagt af domstole, der har skullet tage stilling til lovligheden af de afgørelser, der er truffet af en national konkurrencemyndighed.
In its judgment of 9April1999 confirming the prohibition of the Coca-Cola/Orangina merger of17September1998, the Council of State based itself to a considerable extent on Community decisions,in particular in its assessment of the relevant markets and the portfolio effect.
Disse domme er nævnt i det foregående afsnit (De nationale myndigheders anvendelse af EU's konkurrenceregler).
In a judgment of 6April1999, the Court of Cassation confirmed the validity, in the light of Article 81of the EC Treaty and exemption Regulation(EEC)No4087/88, of a restraint-of-trade obligation imposedby a franchisor.
Afgørelser truffet i 1998 og modtaget i 1999
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Aftale om distribution af benzin med eksklusivklausul gældende for 20 år fandtes at være i strid med EF-traktatens artikel 85, idet den hverken faldt ind under forordning nr. 1984/83 eller — på grund af risikofordelingen — under meddelelsen om handelsagenter.
Petrol distribution contract with a 20-year exclusive dealing clause held to be contrary to Article85EC: not covered by Regulation (EEC) No1984/83 nor, given the distribution of risks, by the noticeon commercial agents.
Aftale om distribution af benzin med eksklusivklausul gældende for 20 år fandtes at være i strid med EF-traktatens artikel 85, idet den hverken faldt ind under forordning nr. 1984/83 eller — på grund af risikofordelingen — under meddelelsen om handelsagenter.
Petrol distribution contract with a 20-year exclusive dealing clause held to be contrary to Article85EC: not covered by Regulation (EEC) No1984/83 nor, given the distribution of the risks, by thenotice on commercial agents.