Transocean Marine Paint Association v Commission of the European Communities.

JurisdictionEuropean Union
Date23 October 1974
CourtCourt of Justice (European Union)
EUR-Lex - 61974J0017 - FR 61974J0017

Arrêt de la Cour du 23 octobre 1974. - Transocean Marine Paint Association contre Commission des Communautés européennes. - Affaire 17-74.

Recueil de jurisprudence 1974 page 01063
édition spéciale grecque page 00441
édition spéciale portugaise page 00463
édition spéciale espagnole page 00425
édition spéciale suédoise page 00357
édition spéciale finnoise page 00363


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Motifs de l'arrêt
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Mots clés

1 . CONCURRENCE - ENTENTES - PROCEDURE D ' AUDITION - COMMUNICATION ECRITE DES GRIEFS - CHAMP D ' APPLICATION

( REGLEMENT NO 99/63 , ART . 2 ET 4 )

2 . CONCURRENCE - ENTENTES - PROCEDURE D ' AUDITION - DROIT DES INTERESSES A ETRE ENTENDUS

3 . CONCURRENCE - ENTENTES - INTERDICTION - EXEMPTION - CONDITIONS - INFORMATION DES INTERESSES

( TRAITE CEE , ART . 85 , PARAGRAPHE 3 , REGLEMENT NO 17 , ART . 8 )

Sommaire

1 . L ' OBLIGATION FAITE A LA COMMISSION PAR LES ARTICLES 2 ET 4 DU REGLEMENT NO 99/63 DE COMMUNIQUER , PAR ECRIT OU PAR VOIE DE PUBLICATION AU JOURNAL OFFICIEL , LES GRIEFS QU ' ELLE FAIT VALOIR CONTRE UNE ENTREPRISE ET DE NE RETENIR DANS SA DECISION QUE CES SEULS GRIEFS , CONCERNE ESSENTIELLEMENT L ' INDICATION DES MOTIFS QUI L ' AMENENT A APPLIQUER LE PARAGRAPHE 1 DE L ' ARTICLE 85 . LA COMMISSION NE SAURAIT TOUTEFOIS ETRE TENUE D ' ANTICIPER SUR LES CONDITIONS ET CHARGES AUXQUELLES ELLE EST EN DROIT DE SUBORDONNER , L ' EXEMPTION PREVUE A L ' ARTICLE 85 , PARAGRAPHE 3 .

2 . IL RESSORT , PAR CONTRE , TANT DE LA NATURE DE LA PROCEDURE D ' AUDITION ET DE SON OBJET , QUE DES ARTICLES 5 , 6 ET 7 DU REGLEMENT NO 99/63 , QUE CELUI-CI FAIT , MEME EN DEHORS DES CAS SPECIFIQUEMENT VISES PAR LES ARTICLES 2 ET 4 , APPLICATION DE LA REGLE GENERALE SELON LAQUELLE LES DESTINATAIRES DE DECISIONS DES AUTORITES PUBLIQUES QUI AFFECTENT DE MANIERE SENSIBLE LEURS INTERETS DOIVENT ETRE MIS EN MESURE DE FAIRE CONNAITRE UTILEMENT LEUR POINT DE VUE .

3 . L ' ARTICLE 85 , PARAGRAPHE 3 , CONSTITUANT , AU BENEFICE DES ENTREPRISES , UNE EXCEPTION A L ' INTERDICTION GENERALE DU PARAGRAPHE 1 DE L ' ARTICLE 85 , LA COMMISSION DOIT ETRE A MEME DE CONTROLER A CHAQUE MOMENT SI LES CONDITIONS QUI JUSTIFIENT L ' EXEMPTION , DEMEURENT REUNIES .

ELLE JOUIT , DES LORS , EN CE QUI CONCERNE LES MODALITES DONT ELLE ASSORTIT L ' EXEMPTION , D ' UN LARGE POUVOIR D ' APPRECIATION , TOUT EN ETANT TENUE DE RESPECTER LES LIMITES QUE L ' ARTICLE 85 MET A SA COMPETENCE .

EN CONTREPARTIE , L ' EXERCICE DE CE POUVOIR D ' APPRECIATION EST LIE A UNE LARGE INFORMATION PREALABLE DES OBJECTIONS QUE LES ENTREPRISES POURRAIENT FAIRE VALOIR .

Parties

DANS L ' AFFAIRE 17-74

SADOLIN OG HOLMBLAD A/S , 2300 COPENHAGUE S . , DANEMARK ;

F.A.C . VAN DER LINDEN AND CO . , 2153 HAMBURG-NEU WULMSTORF , ALLEMAGNE ;

KONINKLIJKE BRINK/MOLYN B.V . , ROTTERDAM , PAYS-BAS ;

STORRY , SMITHSON & CO . LTD . , HULL HU5 1SQ , YORKSHIRE , GRANDE-BRETAGNE ;

DE CONINCK N.V . , B-2060 MERKSEM , BELGIQUE ;

ASTRAL , SOCIETE DE PEINTURES , VERNIS ET ENCRES D ' IMPRIMERIE , PARIS XVIE/FRANCE ;

URRUZOLA S.A . , MADRID 5 , ESPAGNE ;

VENEZIANI ZONCA VERNICI S.P.A . , TRIESTE 34147 , ITALIE ;

DURMUS YASAR VE OGULLARI PAINT , VARNISH AND RESIN WORKS , IZMIR , TURQUIE ;

PATTERSON-SARGENT , NEW BRUNSWICK N.J . 08903 , USA ;

ANTILLIAANSE VERFFABRIEK N.V . , WILLEMSTAD , CURACAO , ANTILLES NEERLANDAISES ;

NIPPON PAINT CO . LTD , OSAKA , JAPON ;

NIPPON PAINT ( SINGAPOUR ) CO . PTY . LTD . , SINGAPOUR 3 ;

NIPPON PAINT CO . LTD , HONG-KONG ;

PACIFIC PRODUCTS INC . , MANILA , PHILIPPINES ;

SPARTAN PAINTS PTY . LTD . , MELBOURNE , VICTORIA , AUSTRALIE ;

MEMBRES DE LA TRANSOCEAN MARINE PAINT ASSOCIATION , DELFTSE PLEIN 37 , ROTTERDAM , PAYS-BAS , REPRESENTES PAR ME F . SALOMONSON ET ME P . VOGELZANG , AYANT ELU DOMICILE A LUXEMBOURG , EN L ' ETUDE DE ME ERNEST ARENDT , 34 B , RUE PHILIPPE II ,

PARTIES REQUERANTES ,

CONTRE

COMMISSION DES COMMUNAUTES EUROPEENNES , 200 , RUE DE LA LOI A BRUXELLES , REPRESENTEE PAR SON CONSEILLER JURIDIQUE , M.D.R . GILMOUR , AYANT ELU DOMICILE A LUXEMBOURG , AUPRES DE M . PIERRE LAMOUREUX , CONSEILLER JURIDIQUE DE LA...

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  • Federal Republic of Germany v European Parliament and Council of the European Union.
    • European Union
    • Court of Justice (European Union)
    • 13 June 2006
    ...paragraph 12; and Case C-36/04 Spain v Council [2006] ECR I-0000, paragraph 12. See also Case 37/71 Jamet [1972] ECR 483, paragraph 11; Case 17/74 Transocean Marine Paint [1974] ECR 1063, paragraph 21; Joined Cases C-68/94 and C-30/95 France and Others v Commission [1998] ECR I‑11375, parag......
  • French Republic v European Parliament and Council of the European Union.
    • European Union
    • Court of Justice (European Union)
    • 17 March 2005
    ...the Directive. 32 – The Parliament refers in this regard to Case C‑68/94 France v Commission (‘Kali und Salz’) [1998] ECR I‑1375. 33 – See Case 17/74 Transocean Marine Paint [1974] ECR 1063, paragraph 21, Kali und Salz, note 32 above, paragraph 256, Case C‑29/99 Commission v Council [2002] ......
  • European Parliament v Council of the European Union.
    • European Union
    • Court of Justice (European Union)
    • 8 September 2005
    ...v Greece (the Ouzo case) [2004] ECR I-8923, paragraph 15 et seq. 30 – Case 37/71 Jamet v Commission [1972] ECR 483, paragraphs 10 to 12; Case 17/74 Transocean MarinePaint v Commission [1974] ECR 1063, paragraph 21; Joined Cases C‑68/94 and C‑30/95 France and Others v Commission (the Potash ......
  • Ahmed Ali Yusuf and Al Barakaat International Foundation v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities.
    • European Union
    • General Court (European Union)
    • 21 September 2005
    ...that the evidence and facts relied on against them were not communicated to them and that they had no opportunity to explain themselves (Case 17/74 Transocean Marine Paint v Commission [1974] ECR 1063; Joined Cases 100/80 to 103/80 Musique Diffusion française and Others v Commission [1983] ......
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  • Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corporation of America v Independent Music Publishers and Labels Association (Impala).
    • European Union
    • Court of Justice (European Union)
    • 10 July 2008
    ...documents used by the Commission to support its claim that there has been an infringement of the EC Treaty (see inter alia, to that effect, Case 17/74 Transocean Marine Paint Association v Commission [1974] ECR 1063, paragraph 15; Joined Cases 100/80 to 103/80 Musique diffusion française an......
  • Federal Republic of Germany v Commission of the European Communities.
    • European Union
    • Court of Justice (European Union)
    • 3 June 2003
    ...of a decision is possible if the elements whose annulment is sought may be severed from the remainder of the decision (see, to that effect, Case 17/74 Transocean Marine Paint v Commission [1974] ECR 1063, paragraph 21, and Joined Cases C-68/94 and C-30/95 France and Others v Commission [199......
  • Kingdom of Spain v Council of the European Union.
    • European Union
    • Court of Justice (European Union)
    • 19 January 2006
    ...ECR I-10333, paragraph 33, and Case C-244/03 France v EuropeanParliamentandCouncil [2005] ECR I-4021, paragraph 12. See also to this effect Case 17/74 Transocean Marine Paint v Commission [1974] ECR 1063, paragraph 21; Joined Cases C-68/94 and C-30/95 France and Others v Commission [1998] E......
  • Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso v European Parliament.
    • European Union
    • Court of Justice (European Union)
    • 11 September 2008
    ...13, paragraph 53. 33 – See point 11 of this Opinion. 34 – See Joined Cases 56/64 and 58/64 Consten and Grundig v Commission [1966] ECR 299; Case 17/74 Transocean Marine Paint Association v Commission [1974] ECR 1063, paragraph 21; and Case 92/78 Simmenthal v Commission [1979] ECR 777, parag......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Towards Administrative Human Rights in the EU. Impact of the Charter of Fundamental Rights
    • European Union
    • European Law Journal No. 10-3, May 2004
    • 1 May 2004
    ...as the British ‘Citizen’s Charter’.69 Mainly through the opinions of British Advocates General, eg. Opinion of Advocate General Warner inCase 17/74 Transocean Marine Paint v Commission,[1974] ECR 1063,at 1082 (right to be heard) or Advo-cate General Slynn in Tradax.70 J. Schwarze, ‘Judicial......
1 provisions
  • The European Ombudsman - Annual Report for 1997
    • European Union
    • Legislation
    • Invalid date
    ...ECR 2887. (30) Case 130/75, Prais v. Council 1976 [ECR] 1589. (31) Case 130/75, Council Directive 89/48/EEC (OJ L 21.1.1989, p. 16). (32) Case 17/74 Transocean Marine Paint Association v. Commission [1974] ECR 1063 at paragraph (33) L OJ 144, 2.6.1981, p. 1. (34) L OJ 46, 18.2.1994, p. 58. ......

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