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Case T-371/17: Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2019 — Qualcomm and Qualcomm Europe v Commission (Competition — Market for baseband chipsets used in consumer electronic devices — Administrative procedure — Article 18(3) and Article 24(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Decision requesting information — Obligation to state reasons — Necessity of the information requested — Proportionality — Burden of proof — Privilege against self-incrimination — Principle of good administration)
Case T-371/17: Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2019 — Qualcomm and Qualcomm Europe v Commission (Competition — Market for baseband chipsets used in consumer electronic devices — Administrative procedure — Article 18(3) and Article 24(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Decision requesting information — Obligation to state reasons — Necessity of the information requested — Proportionality — Burden of proof — Privilege against self-incrimination — Principle of good administration)
Case T-371/17: Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2019 — Qualcomm and Qualcomm Europe v Commission (Competition — Market for baseband chipsets used in consumer electronic devices — Administrative procedure — Article 18(3) and Article 24(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Decision requesting information — Obligation to state reasons — Necessity of the information requested — Proportionality — Burden of proof — Privilege against self-incrimination — Principle of good administration)
OJ C 187, 3.6.2019, p. 72–72 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
3.6.2019 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 187/72 |
Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2019 — Qualcomm and Qualcomm Europe v Commission
(Case T-371/17) (1)
(Competition - Market for baseband chipsets used in consumer electronic devices - Administrative procedure - Article 18(3) and Article 24(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 - Decision requesting information - Obligation to state reasons - Necessity of the information requested - Proportionality - Burden of proof - Privilege against self-incrimination - Principle of good administration)
(2019/C 187/76)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: Qualcomm, Inc (San Diego, California, United States), Qualcomm Europe, Inc., (Sacramento, California, United States) (represented by: M. Pinto de Lemos Fermiano Rato and M. Davilla, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. van Vliet, G. Conte, M. Farley and C. Urraca Caviedes, Agents)
Re:
Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2017) 2258 final of 31 March 2017 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 18(3) and to Article 24(1)(d) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (Case AT.39711 — Qualcomm (predation))
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. |
Dismisses the action; |
2. |
Orders Qualcomm, Inc. and Qualcomm Europe, Inc. to pay the costs, including those of the interim proceedings. |