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    Case T-432/08: Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2013 — AKM v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Copyright relating to the public performance of musical works via the internet, satellite and cable retransmission — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Sharing of the geographic market — Bilateral agreements between national collecting societies — Concerted practice excluding the possibility of granting multi-territorial, multi-repertoire licences — Evidence — Presumption of innocence)

    SL C 156, 1.6.2013, p. 35–36 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    1.6.2013   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 156/35


    Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2013 — AKM v Commission

    (Case T-432/08) (1)

    (Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Copyright relating to the public performance of musical works via the internet, satellite and cable retransmission - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Sharing of the geographic market - Bilateral agreements between national collecting societies - Concerted practice excluding the possibility of granting multi-territorial, multi-repertoire licences - Evidence - Presumption of innocence)

    2013/C 156/61

    Language of the case: German

    Parties

    Applicant: Staatlich genehmigte Gesellschaft der Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger reg. Gen. mbH (AKM) (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: H. Wollmann and F. Urlesberger, lawyers)

    Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, A. Antoniadis and O. Weber, agents)

    Intervener in support of the applicant: Republic of Austira (represented by: G. Hesse, C. Pesendorfer, E. Riedl, M. Fruhmann and A. Posch, agents)

    Re:

    Application for annulment in part of Commission Decision C(2008) 3435 final of 16 July 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C2/38.698 — CISAC).

    Operative part of the judgment

    The Court:

    1.

    Annuls Article 3 of Commission Decision C(2008) 3435 final of 16 July 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C2/38.698 — CISAC) in so far as it concerns Staatlich genehmigte Gesellschaft der Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger reg. Gen. mbH (AKM);

    2.

    Annuls Article 4 of Decision C(2008) 3435 final, to the extent that it refers to Article 3 thereof, in so far as it concerns AKM;

    3.

    Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

    4.

    Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay one half of those incurred by AKM;

    5.

    Orders AKM to bear one half of its own costs;

    6.

    Orders the Republic of Austria to bear its own costs.


    (1)  OJ C 327, 20.12.2008.


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