Appeals to the EU Court of Justice in relation to Competition Law

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Appeals to the EU Court of Justice
in relation to Competition Law
Annual Review & Case Digest 2014
Kiran S. Desai
Table of contents
I. Introduction VIII. Interventions
II. Tables of cases IX. Interim measures
III. Legislation cited X. Procedure
IV. Key words XI. The cases
V. Digest of cases A. General Court - numerical order by new citation
VI. Digest of cases – commentary B. Court of Justice - numerical order by new citation
VII. Preliminary rulings - commentary
EDITOR'S NOTE
This is the first edition of "Appeals to the EU Court of Justice in relation to Competition Law". It is designed as a tool for those considering or who are engaged in
litigation in relation to competition law matters before the EU Courts, whether that is an appeal of a European Commission decision, a referral from a court of an EU
Member State on interpretation or validity of EU law or an appeal against a General Court ruling to the European Court of Justice.
There exist text books on competition law, case references and handbooks and, of course, many articles and commentaries on cases before the European Court of
Justice or the General Court on competition law matters. All of these publications distil, describe and often explain through the author's own words the Court's
judgments. In doing so, the authors inevitably replace the words of the Court with their own words. By doing so, these publications provide value given their objective
but at the same time do not allow the reader to reflect upon what the Court actually states in its rulings.
This work has a contrasting objective. It provides in full the key paragraphs from the Court's rulings. There is subjectivity in the selection of the paragraphs and so the
possibility of omission is recognised. However, the possibility of omitting something material is countered because what is reported includes key words as identified
by the Court as well as key paragraphs according to an extensive codified list of EU law subjects established by the Court.
This work allows easy reference to cases and addresses all cases ruled upon in 2014. It thus presents both the latest position of the EU Courts as well as being
comprehensive. In addition, each case report identifies those cases cited by the Court in terms of clear precedent, often expressed by the Court to be settled case law
on a point. This allows readers readily to identify the precedent underpinning points raised.
Finally, I would like to thank my colleagues Georgios Malos, Melissa Nobileau and Margarita Peristeraki for their substantive contribution. Needless to say, any error
appearing in this work is my own.

Kiran S. Desai
Mayer Brown
Partner, Brussels

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TABLEOFCONTENTS
I. Introduction
II. Tablesofcases
III. Legislationcited
IV. Keywords
V. Digestofcases
VI. Digestofcases–commentary
VII. Preliminaryrulings-commentary
VIII. Interventions
IX. Interimmeasures
X. Procedure
XI. Thecases
A. GeneralCourt-numericalorderbynewcitation
B. CourtofJustice-numericalorderbynewcitation
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I. INTRODUCTION
1. This work isa case referral tool and commentary in relation to competition cases1ruled upon in 2014 by theEuropean Court of Justice and the General Court. There
are 25 European Court of Justice cases, including 5 preliminary rulings, and 36 General Court cases. It is intended for those who wish to read the key points arising in
these cases or to consider the evolving jurisprudence. As such it is also intended to help those considering an appeal to the Court and those engaged in an appeal.
The work is composed of three parts.
2. The first part comprises tables, providing case citations and lists to aid cross-referencing, whether to the cases, legislation or by subject. Two methods are used to
identify the subjects raised. First, the Court's own digest of cases, which is replicated in a table and relevant cases identified against each subject. Second, the Court
identifies key words in a case. These key words appear in the case templates and are replicated in a table with the relevant cases identified against each key
word/phrase.
3. To facilitate use of this work, the documents are in free text pdf search format. In addition, all tables containing case references are linked to the case report, allowing
the reader to click on the case reference and go directly to the case report in this work.
4. The second part is a set of sections that provide a general review and address themes arising, before turning to more detailed observations on arguments that were
notable because they were novel, well made or otherwise of interest. There is a section dealing with cases that were referrals to the Court from tribunals of the EU
Member States. This second part also has a section providing a practical guide to the practice and procedure of an appeal, whether to the GeneralCourt or the
European Court of Justice.
5. The third part uses a template that is completed for each of the 61 cases that were ruled upon in 2014. In relation to admissibility, procedural matters as well as
substantive matters the paragraphs in the ruling are identified and quoted verbatim, with minor language changes to facilitate a stand alone reading. The effect is to
allow a condensed reading of key points, without subjective input on what the Court stated. There is subjectivity in the selection of theparagraphs and so the
possibility of omission is recognised. The cases are in chronological order according to the date of the ruling. For those cases where the language of the pleading
was not English and as at the date of first publication of this work there wasno official translation into English, we have used the French language as this remains the
working language of the Court for any case. As and when the officialtranslationbecomes available, the web-version of this publication will be updated.
6. In this work we use the new case citation system adopted by the Court. However, in the case templates and elsewhere as thought useful the former case citation is
also provided. This is consistent with the Court's current practice ofusing both citation systems. To those not familiar, the old citation system, for example T-286/09
provides information as to the forum (in this example “T” means the first instance General Court), the number of the instrument (286), in this case an appeal, in the
Court’s register that year and the year of deposit of the instrument (2009). Under the new citation, for the same example case the citation is ECLI:EU:T:2014:547
where the information provided relates to the end of the procedure, namely the yearof the ruling (2014) and the number in chronological order given to the
deposited instrument, in this instance a ruling, for that year in the Court’s register (547). So case T-286/09 and case ECLI:EU:T:2014:547 are the same case.

1 State aid cases are not addressed.
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II. TABLE OF CASES
(By new andformercitation)
GENERAL COURT
New case citation
Former case citation Case name Page
ECLI:EU:T:2014:[●]
22 T-391/09 Evonik Degussa and AlzChem v European Commission 112
23 T-395/09 Gigaset v Commission 125
27 T-384/09 SKW Stahl-Metallurgie Holding and SKW Stahl-Metallurgie v European 140
Commission
59 T-27/10 AC-Treuhand v European Commission 163
60 T-342/11 CEEES and Asociación de Gestores de Estaciones de Servicio v European 178
Commission
61 T-40/10 Elf Aquitaine v European Commission 183
62 T-23/10 Arkema France and CECA SA vEuropean Commission 191
88 T-128/11 LG Display Co. Ltd and LG Display Taiwan Co. Ltd v European Commission 194
92 T-91/11 InnoLux v European Commission 211
121 T-296/11 Cementos Portland Valderrivas v European Commission 217
122 T-297/11 Buzzi Unicem v European Commission 221
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GENERALCOURT
Newcasecitation
Formercasecitation Casename Page
ECLI:EU:T:2014:[●]
123 T-306/11 SchwenkZementvEuropeanCommission 231
125 T-292/11 CemexandOthersvEuropeanCommission 240
126 T-305/11 ItalmobiliarevEuropeanCommission 244
127 T-293/11 Holcim(Deutschland)andHolcimvEuropeanCommission 248
128 T-302/11 HeidelbergCementvEuropeanCommission 253
138 T-46/10 FacivEuropeanCommission 257
139 T-181/10 ReagensvEuropeanCommission 262
160 T-56/09andT-73/09 Saint-GobainGlassFranceandOthersvEuropeanCommission 268
253 T-30/10 ReagensSpAvEuropeanCommission 312
254 T-406/09 DonauChemievEuropeanCommission 323
263 T-519/09 ToshibavEuropeanCommission 331
547 T-286/9 IntelvEuropeanCommission 346
583 T-564/10 Quimitécnica.comanddeMellovEuropeanCommission 383
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GENERALCOURT
Newcasecitation
Formercasecitation Casename Page
ECLI:EU:T:2014:[●]
627 T-543/08 RWEandRWEDeavCommission 386
628 T-541/08 SasolandOthersvEuropeanCommission 411
630 T-540/08 EssoandOthersvEuropeanCommission 426
739 T-471/11 ÉditionsOdileJacobvEuropeanCommission 431
759 T-516/11 MasterCardInc.vEuropeanCommission. 440
854 T-534/11 SchenkervEuropeanCommission 445
867 T-68/09 SolivervEuropeanCommission 449
995 T-272/12 Energetickyaprumyslovyholdinga.s.vEuropeanCommission. 457
1049 T-90/11 ONPandOthersvEuropeanCommission 461
1079 T-550/08 TudapetrolMineralölerzeugnisseNilsHansenvEuropeanCommission 469
1094 T-72/09 PilkingtonGroupandOthersvEuropeanCommission 480
1096 T-201/11 Si.mobilvEuropeanCommission 510
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COURT OF JUSTICE
New casecitation
Former case citation Case name Page
ECLI:EU:C:2014:[●]
110 C-351/12 Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílum hudebním o.s. (OSA) v 517
Lécebné lázne Mariánské Lázne a.s
112 C-365/12 P European Commission v EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG 525
193 C-612/12 P Ballast Nedam NV v European Commission 529
256 C-231/11 P; C-232/11 P; C-233/11 P European Commission v Siemens AG Österreich 532
257 C-247/11 P and C-253/11 P Areva and Others v Commission 535
284 C-238/12 P FLSmidth & Co. A/S v European Commission 540
301 C-414/12 Bolloré v European Commission 547
326 C-90/13 P 1. garantovaná a.s. v European Commission 550
348 C-35/12 P Plásticos Españoles SA (ASPLA) v European Commission 553
349 C-36/12 P Armando Álvarez SA v European Commission 555
1317 C-557/12 Kone AG and other v ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG 557
1742 C-578/11 P Deltafina SpA v European Commission 560
2006 C-243/12 FLS Plast v European Commission 564
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COURT OF JUSTICE
New casecitation
Former case citation Case name Page
ECLI:EU:C:2014:[●]
2030 C-37/13 P Nexans SA v European Commission 568
2040 C-84/13 P Electrabel SA v European Commission 573
2062 C-295/12 P Telefónica and Telefónica de España v European Commission 575
2083 C-553/12 P European Commission v Dimosia Epicheirisi Ilektrismou AE (DEI) 579
2085 C-554/12 P European Commission v Dimosia Epicheirisi Ilektrismou AE (DEI), 582
2147 C-184/13 to C-187/13, C-194/13, API —Anonima Petroli Italiana SpAv Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei 584
C-195/13 and C-208/13 Trasporti
2153 C-408/12 P YKK and Others v European Commission 589
2201 C-382/12 P MasterCard Inc. and Others v European Commission 594
2204 C-67/13 P Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) v European Commission 601
2319 C-302/13 flyLAL-Lithuanian Airlines AS v Starptautiska lidosta Riga VAS 607
2363 C-580/12 P Guardian Industries Corp. v European Commission 615
2411 C-413/13 FNV Kunsten Informatie en Media 618
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III. LEGISLATIONCITED
(Thenewcitationmethodisused)
Legislativeinstrument Specificreference GeneralCourt CourtofJustice
TFEU
Art.15 2062
Art.49 2147
Art.56 110-2147
Art.96 2147
Art.103(2) 160
Art.106(1) 2083
Art.256 2006-2201
Art.261 547
Art.266 739
Art.296 60–126–128–254-583 2030
Art.297 127
EC
Art.86para.1 2085
Art.86para.3 2085
Art.253 23
TEU
Art.4(3) 2147
Art.6(3) 61
ECHR
Art.6 628 301-2062
Art.6(1) 61–160–547-739 1742
Art.6(2) 22-160 284–2006-1079
Art.7 61-160
EEAAgreement
Art.53 59-867
Charter
Art.20 2363
Art.41 138–160-547 301–1742-2363
Art.41(2)(c) 126-127
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