Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 June 2016.#Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) v European Commission.#Competition — Decision by an association of undertakings — Market for the issue of payment cards in France — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Pricing measures applicable to ‘new entrants’ — Membership fee, mechanism for ‘regulating the acquiring function’, and ‘dormant member “wake-up” mechanism’ — Relevant market — Restriction of competition by effect — Article 81(3) EC — Manifest errors of assessment — Principle of sound administration — Proportionality — Legal certainty.#Case T-491/07 RENV.

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 June 2016.
Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) v European Commission.
Competition — Decision by an association of undertakings — Market for the issue of payment cards in France — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Pricing measures applicable to ‘new entrants’ — Membership fee, mechanism for ‘regulating the acquiring function’, and ‘dormant member “wake-up” mechanism’ — Relevant market — Restriction of competition by effect — Article 81(3) EC — Manifest errors of assessment — Principle of sound administration — Proportionality — Legal certainty.
Case T-491/07 RENV.

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 June 2016.
Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) v European Commission.
Competition — Decision by an association of undertakings — Market for the issue of payment cards in France — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Pricing measures applicable to ‘new entrants’ — Membership fee, mechanism for ‘regulating the acquiring function’, and ‘dormant member “wake-up” mechanism’ — Relevant market — Restriction of competition by effect — Article 81(3) EC — Manifest errors of assessment — Principle of sound administration — Proportionality — Legal certainty.
Case T-491/07 RENV.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2016:379