Thursday 18th January 2028
Opinion in Case C-240/22 P Commission v Intel Corporation
(Competition)
The applicant, Intel Corporation, is a United States-based company that designs, develops, manufactures, and markets central processing units (‘CPUs’), ‘chipsets’, and other semiconductor components, as well as platform solutions for data processing and communications devices.
Following the Commission’s investigations pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 against Intel, on 26 July 2007, the Commission communicated its statement of objections to Intel concerning its conduct vis-à-vis some major Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).
On 13 May 2009, the Commission adopted a Decision (Case COMP/C-3/37.990 — Intel – the contested decision) – see summary in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ 2009 C 227, p. 13).
According to the contested decision, Intel committed a single and continuous infringement of Article 102 TFEU and of Article 54 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA), from October 2002 until December 2007, by implementing a strategy aimed at foreclosing a competitor, AMD, Intel’s only significant competitor, from the market for x86 CPU microprocessors (‘x86 CPUs’). CPUs are key components of any computer, often referred to as a computer’s ‘brain’.
In the contested period, Intel held a dominant position in that market. Intel’s anti-competitive conduct thereby resulted in a reduction of consumer choice and in lower incentives to innovate as well as directly harming competition.
On 22 July 2009, the applicant brought an action for annulment of the contested decision. By the initial judgment, delivered on 12 June 2014, the General Court dismissed the action in its entirety (T-286/09 – Intel v Commission).
On 26 August 2014, the applicant appealed against the initial judgment. By its judgment on the first appeal, delivered on 6 September 2017, the Court of Justice set aside the initial judgment and referred the case back to the General Court.
By the judgment under appeal, delivered on 26 January 2022, the General Court held that the contested decision had to be annulled in part (T-286/09 RENV – Intel Corporation v Commission).
The Commission appealed that judgment on 5 April 2022.
Background Documents C-240/22 P
Donnerstag, 18. Januar 2024
Schlussanträge der Generalanwältin am Gerichtshof in der Rechtsmittelsache C-240/22 P Kommission / Intel Corporation
Missbrauch marktbeherrschender Stellung
Mit Entscheidung vom 13. Mai 2009 verhängte die Kommission gegen den amerikanischen Mikroprozessorhersteller Intel eine Geldbuße in Höhe von 1,06 Mrd. Euro, weil dieses Unternehmen seine beherrschende Stellung auf dem Markt für x86-Prozessoren missbräuchlich ausgenutzt habe. Die Kommission gab Intel zudem auf, die Zuwiderhandlung, falls nicht bereits geschehen, sofort abzustellen.
Mit Urteil vom 12. Juni 2014 bestätigte das Gericht diese Entscheidung, indem es die von Intel erhobene Klage abwies.
Dagegen legte Intel ein Rechtsmittel beim Gerichtshof ein, mit Erfolg. Am 6. September 2017 hob der Gerichtshof das Urteil des Gerichts auf und verwies die Rechtssache zur Prüfung der Frage, ob die beanstandeten Rabatte geeignet waren, den Wettbewerb zu beschränken, an das Gericht zurück (siehe Pressemitteilung Nr. 90/17).
Das Gericht machte in seinem Urteil vom 26. Januar 2022 geltend, die Kommission habe in ihrer Entscheidung nicht den Nachweis darüber erbracht, dass die beanstandeten Rabatte Wettbewerbsteilnehmer auf wettbewerbswidrige Weise vom Markt verdrängten. Sie habe das Kriterium des Umfangs der Markterfassung der beanstandeten Praxis nicht hinreichend -und die Dauer der Rabatte nicht richtig untersucht (siehe Pressemitteilung Nr. 16/22).
Es erklärte die Entscheidung der Kommission deshalb für teilweise nichtig. Hiergegen legte die Kommission ein Rechtsmittel beim Gerichtshof ein.
Generalanwältin Medina legt heute ihre Schlussanträge vor.
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