natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
+OMMISSIONENS฀ BESLUTNING฀ % & ฀ AF฀ ฀ OM฀ EN฀ PROCEDURE฀ I฀HENHOLD฀TIL฀ % & TRAKTATENS฀ARTIKEL฀ ฀ SAG฀# /- 0 ฀ n฀ /PEL฀ % & 4 ฀ , ฀ ฀ S ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀
& IN A L L Y ฀ WHEN฀ CONSIDERING฀ THE฀ METHOD฀ USED฀ IN฀ THE฀CONTESTED฀ REGULATION฀ TO฀ C A L C U L A T E ฀ THE฀ REDUCTION฀ IN฀ ECOPOINTS฀ BASED฀ ON฀ THE฀ ACTUAL฀ LEVEL฀ OF฀ ./X฀ EMISSION฀ PER฀ HEAVY฀ GOODS฀ VEHICLE฀ WITHOUT฀ TAKING฀ ILLEGAL฀ JOURNEYS฀ INTO฀ CONSIDERATION฀ THE฀#OURT฀HELD฀ THAT฀ THAT฀ METHOD฀ COMPLIED฀ BOTH฀ WITH฀ THE฀ L E T T E R ฀ AND฀ WITH฀ THE฀ S P I R IT฀ OF฀ 0ROTOCOL฀ .
5NDER฀HENVISNING฀ TIL฀ FAST฀ RETSPRAKSIS฀UDTALTE฀2ETTEN฀ I฀ �V R I G Tfi฀ AT฀ DET฀ VED฀ VURDERINGEN฀ AF฀ DENNE฀ A FS K � R M N I N G S GRAD฀ DELS฀ M � T T E ฀ U N D E R S� G ES ฀ OM฀ ALLE฀ LIGNENDE฀ AFTALER฀ DER฀ER฀ I N D G� ET฀ P � ฀ DET฀ RELEVANTE฀ MARKED฀ OG฀ DE฀ �V R I G E ฀ � K O N O M I SKE฀ OG฀ RETLIGE฀ O M S T � N D I G H E DER฀ O M K R I N G ฀ DE฀ P � G� L D E N DE฀ AFTALER฀ F� R T E ฀ TIL฀AT฀ DE฀ T I L SAMMEN฀ B E VIRKEDE฀ AT฀ NYE฀ KONKURRENTER฀ HINDREDES฀ ADGANG฀ TIL฀ MARKEDET฀ OG฀ DELS฀ I฀ T I L F�L DE฀ AF฀ ET฀ B E K R � FT E N DE฀ SVAR฀ OM฀ DE฀ OMTVISTEDE฀ AFTALER฀ BIDROG฀ TIL฀ DEN฀ KUMULATIVE฀ VIRKNING฀ $OMSTOLENS฀ DOM฀AF฀ ฀ SAG฀# ฀ $ E L I M I T IS฀ 3 M L ฀ )฀ S ฀ ฀ P R � M IS฀ ฀ OG฀ ฀ OG฀2ETTENS฀ DOM฀AF฀ ฀ SAG฀4 ฀ ,A N G N ES E ) G L O ฀ MOD฀+OMMISSIONEN฀ 3 M L ฀ ))฀ S ฀ ฀ P R � M IS฀ ฀
ECOPOINTS฀ ( O W E V E R ฀ THE฀#OURT฀HELD฀ THAT฀ A฀METHOD฀ OF฀ CALCULATION฀ WHICH฀ CONSISTED฀ IN฀ PRACTICE฀OF฀DIVIDING฀THE฀TOTAL฀NUMBER฀OF฀ECOPOINTS฀USED฀BY฀THE฀TOTAL฀NUMBER฀OF฀JOURNEYS฀ RE C O R D E D ฀ IN฀ CIRCUMSTANCES฀WHERE฀ THE฀ TOTAL฀ NUMBER฀ OF฀ ECOPOINTS฀ USED฀ TOOK฀ NO฀ ACCOUNT฀ OF฀ JOURNEYS฀ FOR฀WHICH฀ THE฀ C A R R I E R ฀ SHOULD฀ HAVE฀ USED฀ ECOPOINTS฀ BUT฀ DID฀ NOT฀ DO฀ SO฀ ILLEGAL฀ JOURNEYS฀ EVEN฀ THOUGH฀ THOSE฀ ILLEGAL฀ JOURNEYS฀ WERE฀ INCLUDED฀ IN฀ THE฀ TOTAL฀ NUMBER฀ OF฀ JOURNEYS฀ MADE฀ DID฀ NOT฀ COMPLY฀ WITH฀ !NNEX฀ ฀ POINTS฀ ฀ AND฀ ฀ OF฀ THAT฀ PROTOCOL฀ )N฀ANY฀ EVENT฀ THE฀#OURT฀ DECIDED฀ THAT฀ THE฀EFFECTS฀OF฀ THE฀ ANNULLED฀ PROVISIONS฀OF฀ THE฀REGULATION฀ SHOULD฀ BE฀ REGARDED฀ AS฀ DEFINITIVE฀
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฀ 4 W Off฀ SERIES฀ OF฀ CASES฀ ARE฀ W O R T H Y ฀ OF฀ N O T E ฀ IN฀ THE฀AREA฀OF฀ THE฀ COMPETITION฀ RULES฀ THE฀ FIRST฀ CONCERNS฀ THE฀ RULES฀ APPLICABLE฀ TO฀ UNDERTAKINGS฀ ฀AND฀THE฀SECOND฀CONCERNS฀3TATE฀AID฀
2ETTEN฀ FASTSLOG฀ LIGELEDES฀ AT฀ EN฀ BETYDELIG฀ DEL฀ AF฀ FORHANDLERNE฀ VILLE฀ V � R E ฀ R E DE฀ TIL฀AT฀ F� R E ฀ ET฀ S T � R R E ฀ PRODUKTSORTIMENT฀ UDEN฀ EKSKLUSIVITETSKLAUSULEN฀ I฀ DISTRIBUTIONSAFTALERNE฀ MED฀ I SL E VE R A N D � R E R N E
฀ #ONCERNING฀ THE฀ FIRST฀ SERIES฀ M E N T I ON฀ SHOULD฀ BE฀MADE฀ OF฀ FOUR฀ CASES฀
%NDELIG฀ FASTSLOG฀2ETTEN฀ AT฀ SELV฀ OM฀ DE฀ MED฀ ("฀ I N D G� E DE฀ AFTALER฀ KUN฀ VE D R � R T E ฀ C A ฀ ฀ AF฀ SAMTLIGE฀ FORRETNINGER฀ P � ฀ MARKEDET฀ HAVDE฀ +OMMISSIONEN฀ TAGET฀ HENSYN฀ TIL฀ VIRKNINGERNE฀ P � ฀ K O N K U R R E N C EN฀ AF฀ SAMTLIGE฀ DE฀ AFTALER฀ SOM฀ FOR฀ ALLE฀ F A B R I K A N T ER฀ T I L SAMMEN฀ VAR฀ G� L D E N DE฀ FOR฀ ฀ AF฀ FORRETNINGERNE฀ P � ฀ DET฀ RELEVANTE฀ MARKED฀ S� L E DES฀ AT฀ L E VE R A N D � R ER฀ DER฀ � N S K E DE฀ AT฀ K O M M E ฀ IND฀ P � ฀ MARKEDET฀ KUNNE฀ BLIVE฀ AFHOLDT฀ D E R FRA฀ FORDI฀ DET฀ VAR฀ N� D VE N D I G Tfi฀ F� R S Tfi฀ AT฀ ERHVERVE฀ ET฀ ANTAL฀ FRYSERE฀
฀ )N฀#ASE฀# ฀ # ON S O R Z I Off฀ )NDUSTRIE฀ & IAMMIFERI฀ JUDGMENT฀ OF฀ ฀ 3EPTEMBER฀ ฀ NOT฀ YET฀PUBLISHED฀IN฀THE฀%#2 ฀ THE฀#OURT฀WAS฀ASKED฀ TO฀ RULE฀UPON฀ THE฀SCOPE฀OF฀ !RTICLE฀ ฀ %#฀ WHERE฀ UNDERTAKINGS฀ E N G A G E D ฀ IN฀ CONDUCT฀ CONTRARY฀ TO฀ !RTICLE฀ ฀%#฀AND฀ WHERE฀THAT฀CONDUCT฀WAS฀REQUIRED฀OR฀FACILITATED฀BY฀NATIONAL฀LEGISLATION฀WHICH฀LEGITIMISED฀ OR฀ REINFORCED฀ THE฀EFFECTS฀OF฀ THE฀ CONDUCT฀ SPECIFICALLY฀ WITH฀ REGARD฀ TO฀ PRICE FIXING฀ OR฀ MARKET S H A R IN G ฀ ARRANGEMENTS฀ 74
,IGESOM฀4!!฀OMFATTER฀4!#!฀TRANSATLANTISKE฀SKIBSFORBINDELSER฀I฀RETNING฀VEST � S Tfi฀ OG฀ � S T VE S Tfi฀ MELLEM฀ . O R D E U R O P A ฀ OG฀ 53!฀ 4!#!฀ INDEHOLDER฀ BESTEMMELSER฀ OM฀ F A S T S� T T E L SE฀ AF฀ PRISER฀ P � ฀ S� TRANSPORT ฀ I฀ EGENTLIG฀ FORSTAND฀ F A S T S� T T E L SE฀ AF฀ PRISER฀ P � ฀ KOMBINERET฀ TRANSPORT ฀ OVER฀ LAND ฀ F A S T S� T T E L S EN฀ AF฀ DE฀ BETINGELSER฀ P � ฀ HVILKE฀ DER฀ KAN฀ I N D G� S ฀ S E R V I C E KONTRAKTER฀ MED฀ AFSKIBERNE฀ SAMT฀ INDHOLDET฀ AF฀ DISSE฀ KONTRAKTER฀ S E R V I C E KONTRAKTER฀ ER฀ KONTRAKTER฀ HVORVED฀ EN฀ AFSKIBER฀ FORPLIGTER฀ SIG฀ TIL฀AT฀ LADE฀ EN฀ MINDSTELAST฀ TRANSPORTERE฀ ENTEN฀ AF฀ KONFERENCEN฀ K O NFE R E N C ES E R V I C E K O N T R A K Tfi฀ ELLER฀ AF฀ ET฀ ELLER฀ FLERE฀ INDIVIDUELLE฀ REDERIER฀ INDIVIDUELLE฀ S E R V I C E KONTRAKTER฀ I฀ EN฀ G I V EN฀ PERIODE฀ MOD฀ EN฀ BESTEMT฀ T A K S Tfi฀ OG฀ U D F� R E L SE฀ AF฀ BESTEMTE฀ TJENESTEYDELSER฀ F A S T S� T T E L SE฀ AF฀ VEDERLAGET฀ TIL฀ S P E D I T � R ER฀ N� R ฀ DE฀ O P T R � DER฀ SOM฀ AGENTER฀ FOR฀ AFSKIBERNE฀ VED฀AT฀ ORGANISERE฀ V A R E TRANSPORTEN฀ FORHANDLE฀ DE฀ BETINGELSER฀ H VO R P � ฀ TRANSPORTEN฀ VIL฀ BLIVE฀ U D F� R Tfi฀ OG฀ VED฀AT฀ OPFYLDE฀ FORSKELLIGE฀ ADMINISTRATIVE฀ FORM A L I T E T ER฀
4HE฀#OURT฀ HELD฀ THAT฀ FACED฀ WITH฀ SUCH฀ CONDUCT฀ A฀ NATIONAL฀ COMPETITION฀ AUTHORITY฀ ENTRUSTED฀ INTER฀ ALIA฀ WITH฀ THE฀ TASK฀ OF฀ ENSURING฀ COMPLIANCE฀WITH฀ ฀ %#฀ WAS฀ UNDER฀ AN฀ OBLIGATION฀ TO฀ DISAPPLY฀ THAT฀ NATIONAL฀ LEGISLATION฀ 3 IN C E ฀ THAT฀PROVISION฀ IN฀ CONJUNCTION฀WITH฀ !RTICLE฀ ฀ %#฀ IMPOSES฀ A฀ DUTY฀ ON฀ -EMBER฀ 3TATES฀ TO฀ RE F R A IN฀ FROM฀ INTRODUCING฀ MEASURES฀ CONTRARY฀ TO฀ THE฀#OMMUNITY฀ COMPETITION฀ RULES฀ THOSE฀ RULES฀ WOULD฀ BE฀ RENDERED฀ LESS฀ EFFECTIVE฀ IF฀ IN฀ THE฀ COURSE฀ OF฀ AN฀ INVESTIGATION฀ UNDER฀ !RTICLE฀ ฀ %#฀ INTO฀ THE฀ CONDUCT฀ OF฀ UNDERTAKINGS฀ THE฀ AUTHORITY฀ WERE฀ NOT฀ ABLE฀ TO฀DECLARE฀ A฀ NATIONAL฀ MEASURE฀ CONTRARY฀ TO฀ THE฀ COMBINED฀ PROVISIONS฀OF฀ !RTICLES฀ ฀%#฀AND฀ ฀%#฀AND฀ IF฀ CONSEQUENTLY฀ IT฀ FAILED฀ TO฀ DISAPPLY฀ IT฀
6ED฀ BESLUTNING฀ AF฀ ฀ SEPTEMBER฀ ฀ ฀ HEREFTER฀ w4!#! BESLUTNINGENi ฀ AFSLOG฀ +OMMISSIONEN฀ FOR฀DET฀ F� R S T E ฀ AT฀ GIVE฀ FRITAGELSE฀ FRA฀ DE฀ N �V N T E ฀ BESTEMMELSER฀ FOR฀DEN฀ P � G� L D E N DE฀ AFTALE฀ BORTSET฀ FRA฀ F A S T S� T T E L S EN฀ AF฀ S� TRANSPORT PRISEN฀ SOM฀ER฀OMFATTET฀AF฀ GRUPPEFRITAGELSEN฀ I฀HENHOLD฀TIL฀ARTIKEL฀ ฀ I฀ FORORDNING฀ N R ฀ ฀ OG฀ A N TOG฀ FOR฀DET฀ANDET฀ AT฀ DELTAGERNE฀ I฀4!#!฀ HAVDE฀EN฀ KOLLEKTIV฀ DOMINERENDE฀ STILLING฀ P � ฀ DET฀ RELEVANTE฀ MARKED฀ OG฀ AT฀ DE฀ MISBRUGTE฀ DENNE฀ DOMINERENDE฀ STILLING฀ OG฀ P � LAGDE฀ FOR฀DET฀ TREDJE฀ HVER฀ AF฀ DELTAGERNE฀ I฀4!#!฀ B � DER฀ P � ฀ GRUND฀ AF฀ DE฀ TO฀ F A S T SL �E DE฀ OV E R T R � D E L S ER฀ AF฀ ARTIKEL฀ ฀ % & ฀
E V E R T H E LESS฀ IF฀ THE฀GENERAL฀#OMMUNITY LAW฀PRINCIPLE฀OF฀ LEGAL฀ CERTAINTY฀WAS฀NOT฀ TO฀BE฀ V I O L A T E D ฀ THE฀DUTY฀OF฀ NATIONAL฀ COMPETITION฀ AUTHORITIES฀ TO฀ DISAPPLY฀ SUCH฀AN฀ ANTI COMPETITIVE฀ LAW฀ COULD฀ NOT฀ E X POSE฀ THE฀ UNDERTAKINGS฀ CONCERNED฀ TO฀ANY฀ PENALTIES฀ EITHER฀ CRIMINAL฀ OR฀ ADMINISTRATIVE฀ IN฀RESPECT฀OF฀PAST฀CONDUCT฀WHERE฀THE฀CONDUCT฀WAS฀REQUIRED฀ BY฀ THE฀ LAW฀ CONCERNED฀ 4HE฀ NATIONAL฀ AUTHORITY฀ COULD฀ NOT฀ THEREFORE฀ IMPOSE฀PENALTIES฀ON฀ THE฀ UNDERTAKINGS฀ CONCERNED฀ IN฀RESPECT฀OF฀ PAST฀ CONDUCT฀ WHICH฀ HAD฀ BEEN฀ REQUIRED฀ OF฀ THEM฀ BY฀ THAT฀ NATIONAL฀ LEGISLATION�฀ IT฀ COULD฀ H O W E V E R ฀ IMPOSE฀PENALTIES฀ON฀ SUCH฀ UNDERTAKINGS฀ IN฀RESPECT฀OF฀CONDUCT฀SUBSEQUENT฀ TO฀ THE฀DECISION฀ FINDING฀ INFRINGEMENT฀OF฀ !RTICLE฀ ฀ %#฀ ONCE฀ THAT฀ DECISION฀ HAD฀ B E C O M E ฀ DEFINITIVE฀ IN฀ THEIR฀ REGARD฀
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4HE฀#OURT฀ FINALLY฀ STATED฀ THAT฀ IN฀ ANY฀ EVENT฀ THE฀NATIONAL฀ COMPETITION฀ AUTHORITY฀ MAY฀ IMPOSE฀PENALTIES฀ON฀THE฀UNDERTAKINGS฀CONCERNED฀IN฀RESPECT฀OF฀PAST฀CONDUCT฀WHERE฀THE฀ CONDUCT฀WAS฀MERELY฀ FACILITATED฀OR฀ENCOURAGED฀BY฀THE฀NATIONAL฀ LEGISLATION฀ WHILST฀ TAKING฀ DUE฀ ACCOUNT฀ OF฀ THE฀ SPECIFIC฀ FEATURES฀ OF฀ THE฀ LEGISLATIVE฀ FRAMEWORK฀ IN฀WHICH฀ THE฀ UNDERTAKINGS฀ ACTED฀ )N฀ THAT฀ RESPECT฀ WHEN฀ DETERMINING฀ THE฀ LEVEL฀ OF฀ THE฀PENALTY฀ THE฀ CONDUCT฀OF฀THOSE฀UNDERTAKINGS฀COULD฀BE฀ASSESSED฀IN฀THE฀LIGHT฀OF฀THE฀EXTENUATING฀FACTOR฀ CONSTITUTED฀ BY฀ THE฀NATIONAL฀ LEGAL฀ FRAMEWORK฀
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฀ )N฀#ASE฀# ฀ #ONNECT฀ !USTRIA฀ 'ESELLSCHAFT฀ F � R ฀ 4ELEKOMMUNIKATION฀ AND฀ /THERS฀ ; = ฀ %#2฀) ฀ TWO฀ QUESTIONS฀WERE฀ REFERRED฀ FOR฀ A฀ PRELIMINARY฀ RULING฀ IN฀ A฀ DISPUTE฀ BETWEEN฀ AN฀ !USTRIAN฀ TELECOMMUNICATIONS฀ UNDERTAKING฀ AND฀ THE฀NATIONAL฀ REGULATORY฀ AUTHORITY฀ WITH฀ RESPONSIBILITY฀ FOR฀ ISSUING฀ AUTHORISATIONS฀ FOR฀ THE฀ PROVISION฀ OF฀ TELECOMMUNICATIONS฀SERVICES฀CONCERNING฀ THE฀ALLOCATION฀ TO฀ A฀ PUBLIC฀ UNDERTAKING฀WHICH฀ ALREADY฀ HELD฀ A฀ LICENCE฀ TO฀ PROVIDE฀ DIGITAL฀ MOBILE฀ TELECOMMUNICATIONS฀ SERVICES฀ OVER฀ A฀ FREQUENCY฀ BAND฀ OF฀ ADDITIONAL฀ FREQUENCIES฀ IN฀ANOTHER฀ BAND฀ WITHOUT฀ IMPOSING฀A฀ SEPARATE฀ F E E
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4HE฀#OURT฀ HELD฀ THAT฀ THE฀ REQUIREMENT฀ FOR฀ NATIONAL฀ LAW฀ TO฀BE฀ INTERPRETED฀ IN฀ACCORDANCE฀WITH฀ $IRECTIVE฀ ฀ AND฀ THE฀ REQUIREMENT฀ THAT฀ THE฀ RIGHTS฀ OF฀ INDIVIDUALS฀ SHOULD฀ BE฀ EFFECTIVELY฀ PROTECTED฀ REQUIRES฀ NATIONAL฀ COURTS฀ TO฀DETERMINE฀ WHETHER฀ THE฀RELEVANT฀ PROVISIONS฀OF฀ THEIR฀ NATIONAL฀ LAW฀ PROVIDE฀ INDIVIDUALS฀ WITH฀ A฀ RIGHT฀OF฀ APPEAL฀ AGAINST฀ DECISIONS฀ OF฀ THE฀NATIONAL฀ REGULATORY฀ AUTHORITY฀WHICH฀ SATISFIES฀ THE฀CRITERIA฀ LAID฀DOWN฀ IN฀!RTICLE฀ A฀ OF฀ THAT฀ DIRECTIVE฀ )F฀ NATIONAL฀ LAW฀ CANNOT฀ BE฀ APPLIED฀ SO฀ AS฀ TO฀ COMPLY฀ WITH฀ THE฀ REQUIREMENTS฀OF฀ THAT฀ARTICLE฀ A฀ NATIONAL฀ COURT฀ OR฀ TRIBUNAL฀ WHICH฀ SATISFIES฀ THOSE฀ REQUIREMENTS฀AND฀WHICH฀WOULD฀BE฀COMPETENT฀TO฀HEAR฀APPEALS฀AGAINST฀DECISIONS฀OF฀THE฀ NATIONAL฀ REGULATORY฀ AUTHORITY฀ IF฀ IT฀WERE฀ NOT฀ PREVENTED฀ FROM฀DOING฀ SO฀ BY฀ A฀ PROVISION฀ OF฀ NATIONAL฀ LAW฀EXPLICITLY฀EXCLUDING฀ITS฀COMPETENCE฀IS฀UNDER฀AN฀OBLIGATION฀TO฀DISAPPLY฀THAT฀ P R O VIS I ON