Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 29 November 2012.#Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) v European Commission.#Competition — Decision of an association of undertakings — Market for issuing payment cards in France — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Tariff measures applicable to ‘new entrants’ — Membership fees and so-called ‘regulation of customer function’ and ‘sleeper member fee’ mechanisms — Relevant market — Object of the measures at issue — Restriction of competition by object — Article 81(3) EC — Manifest errors of assessment — Principle of sound administration — Proportionality — Legal certainty.#Case T‑491/07.

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 29 November 2012.
Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) v European Commission.
Competition — Decision of an association of undertakings — Market for issuing payment cards in France — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Tariff measures applicable to ‘new entrants’ — Membership fees and so-called ‘regulation of customer function’ and ‘sleeper member fee’ mechanisms — Relevant market — Object of the measures at issue — Restriction of competition by object — Article 81(3) EC — Manifest errors of assessment — Principle of sound administration — Proportionality — Legal certainty.
Case T‑491/07.

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 29 November 2012.
Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) v European Commission.
Competition — Decision of an association of undertakings — Market for issuing payment cards in France — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Tariff measures applicable to ‘new entrants’ — Membership fees and so-called ‘regulation of customer function’ and ‘sleeper member fee’ mechanisms — Relevant market — Object of the measures at issue — Restriction of competition by object — Article 81(3) EC — Manifest errors of assessment — Principle of sound administration — Proportionality — Legal certainty.
Case T‑491/07.

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ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2012:633