«(Appeal – Competition – Distribution of motor vehicles – Partitioning of the market – Article 85 of the EC Treaty (now Article 81 EC) – Regulation (EEC) No 123/85 – Whether the infringement can be attributed to the undertaking concerned – Right to a fair hearing – Duty to state reasons – Legal consequences of disclosure to the press – Effect of propriety of the notification on the calculation of the fine – Cross-appeal)»
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Sixth Chamber)18 September 2003 (1)
((Appeal – Competition – Distribution of motor vehicles – Partitioning of the market – Article 85 of the EC Treaty (now Article 81 EC) – Regulation (EEC) No 123/85 – Whether the infringement can be attributed to the undertaking concerned – Right to a fair hearing – Duty to state reasons – Legal consequences of disclosure to the press – Effect of propriety of the notification on the calculation of the fine – Cross-appeal))
appellant,
THE COURT (Sixth Chamber),,
having regard to the Report for the Hearing,
after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 17 October 2002,
gives the following
On those grounds,
THE COURT (Sixth Chamber)
Puissochet
Gulmann
Skouris
Macken
Colneric
R. Grass
J.-P. Puissochet
Registrar
President of the Sixth Chamber