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    Case C-547/16: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 23 November 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo — Spain) — Gasorba SL, Josefa Rico Gil, Antonio Ferrándiz González v Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos SA (Competition — Article 101 TFEU — Agreements between undertakings — Business relationships between service station operators and oil companies — Long-term exclusive supply agreement for fuel — European Commission decision making an undertaking’s commitments binding — Extent to which national courts are bound by a commitment decision adopted by the Commission — Articles 9(1) and 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003)

    OJ C 22, 22.1.2018, p. 15–15 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    22.1.2018   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 22/15


    Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 23 November 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo — Spain) — Gasorba SL, Josefa Rico Gil, Antonio Ferrándiz González v Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos SA

    (Case C-547/16) (1)

    ((Competition - Article 101 TFEU - Agreements between undertakings - Business relationships between service station operators and oil companies - Long-term exclusive supply agreement for fuel - European Commission decision making an undertaking’s commitments binding - Extent to which national courts are bound by a commitment decision adopted by the Commission - Articles 9(1) and 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003))

    (2018/C 022/19)

    Language of the case: Spanish

    Referring court

    Tribunal Supremo

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Applicants: Gasorba SL, Josefa Rico Gil, Antonio Ferrándiz González

    Defendant: Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos SA

    Operative part of the judgment

    Article 16(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles [101 TFEU] and [102 TFEU] must be interpreted as meaning that a commitment decision concerning certain agreements between undertakings, adopted by the European Commission under Article 9(1) of that regulation, does not preclude national courts from examining whether those agreements comply with the competition rules and, if necessary, declaring those agreements void pursuant to Article 101(2) TFEU.


    (1)  OJ C 22, 23.1.2017.


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