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Document 62009CN0439

    Case C-439/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Paris (France) lodged on 10 November 2009 — Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique SAS v Président de l’Autorité de la Concurrence, Ministre de l’Economie de l’Industrie et de l’Emploi

    OJ C 24, 30.1.2010, p. 27–27 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    30.1.2010   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 24/27


    Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Paris (France) lodged on 10 November 2009 — Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique SAS v Président de l’Autorité de la Concurrence, Ministre de l’Economie de l’Industrie et de l’Emploi

    (Case C-439/09)

    2010/C 24/49

    Language of the case: French

    Referring court

    Cour d’appel de Paris

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Applicant: Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique SAS

    Defendants: Président de l’Autorité de la Concurrence, Ministre de l’Economie de l’Industrie et de l’Emploi

    Question referred

    Does a general and absolute ban on selling contract goods to end users via the Internet, imposed on authorised distributors in the context of a selective distribution network, in fact constitute a ‘hardcore’ restriction of competition by object for the purposes of Article 81(1) EC which is not covered by the block exemption provided for by Regulation No 2790/1999 (1) but which is potentially eligible for an individual exemption under Article 81(3) EC?


    (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2790/1999 of 22 December 1999 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices (OJ 1999 L 336 p. 21)


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