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Document C2006/224/03

Case C-74/04 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 July 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Volkswagen AG (Appeal — Competition — Article 81(1) EC — Distribution of motor vehicles — Meaning of agreements between undertakings — Proof of the existence of an agreement)

SL C 224, 16.9.2006, p. 2–2 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

16.9.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 224/2


Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 July 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Volkswagen AG

(Case C-74/04 P) (1)

(Appeal - Competition - Article 81(1) EC - Distribution of motor vehicles - Meaning of ‘agreements between undertakings’ - Proof of the existence of an agreement)

(2006/C 224/03)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Appellant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: W. Mölls, Agent, H.-J. Freund, Rechtsanwalt)

Other party to the proceedings: Volkswagen AG (represented by: R. Bechtold and S. Hirsbrunner, Rechtsanwälte)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 3 December 2003 in Case T-208/01 Volkswagen AG v Commission, annulling Commission Decision 2001/711/EC of 29 June 2001 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty (Case COM P/F-2/36.693 — Volkswagen) (OJ 2001 L 262, p. 14) — Conduct of Volkswagen vis-à-vis its German dealers in connection with the marketing of the new ‘Volkswagen Passat Variant’ model

Operative part of the judgment

The Court hereby:

1.

Dismisses the appeal;

2.

Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 94, 17.4.2004.


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