«(Competition law – National legislation anti-competitive – National competition authority’s power to declare such legislation inapplicable – Circumstances in which undertakings not answerable for anti-competitive conduct)»
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT9 September 2003 (1)
((Competition law – National legislation anti-competitive – National competition authority’s power to declare such legislation inapplicable – Circumstances in which undertakings not answerable for anti-competitive conduct))
and
THE COURT,,
after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of:
having regard to the Report for the Hearing,
after hearing the oral observations of the Consorzio Industrie Fiammiferi (CIF), represented by G.M. Roberti, F. Lattanzi and A. Franchi, avvocato, of the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, represented by S.M. Carbone, and of the Commission, represented by L. Pignataro, at the hearing on 24 September 2002,
after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 30 January 2003,
gives the following
On those grounds,
THE COURT,
Rodríguez Iglesias
Puissochet
Wathelet
Timmermans
Gulmann
Edward
La Pergola
Jann
Skouris
von Bahr
Cunha Rodrigues
R. Grass
G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias
Registrar
President