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Case C-67/13 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 September 2014  — Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) v European Commission, BNP Paribas, BPCE, formerly Caisse Nationale des Caisses d’Épargne and de Prévoyance (CNCEP), Société Générale SA (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Article 81(1) EC — Payment cards system in France — Decision by an association of undertakings — Issuing market — Pricing measures applicable to ‘new entrants’  — Membership fee, mechanism for ‘regulating the acquiring function’ and ‘dormant member “wake-up” ’ mechanism — Concept of restriction of competition ‘by object’  — Examination of the degree of harm to competition)

OJ C 409, 17.11.2014, p. 8–8 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

17.11.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 409/8


Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 September 2014 — Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) v European Commission, BNP Paribas, BPCE, formerly Caisse Nationale des Caisses d’Épargne and de Prévoyance (CNCEP), Société Générale SA

(Case C-67/13 P) (1)

((Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Article 81(1) EC - Payment cards system in France - Decision by an association of undertakings - Issuing market - Pricing measures applicable to ‘new entrants’ - Membership fee, mechanism for ‘regulating the acquiring function’ and ‘dormant member “wake-up”’ mechanism - Concept of restriction of competition ‘by object’ - Examination of the degree of harm to competition))

2014/C 409/10

Language of the case: French

Parties

Appellant: Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) (represented by: F. Pradelles, O. Fauré and C. Ornellas-Chancerelles, avocats, and by J. Ruiz Calzado, abogado)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: O. Beynet, V. Bottka and B. Mongin, acting as Agents), BNP Paribas (represented by: O. de Juvigny, D. Berg and P. Heusse, avocats), BPCE, formerly Caisse Nationale des Caisses d’Épargne and de Prévoyance (CNCEP) (represented by: A. Choffel, S. Hautbourg, L. Laidi and R. Eid, avocats), Société Générale SA (represented by: P. Guibert and P. Patat, avocats)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1)

Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 29 November 2012 in Case T-491/07 CB v Commission;

2)

Refers the case back to the General Court of the European Union;

3)

Reserves the costs.


(1)  OJ C 114, 20.4.2013.


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