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2017-9 Reports of Cases before the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance 1 (2017)

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          VRw                               Reports of Cases





                                    OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERAL
                                                    WAHL
                                        delivered on 20 October 2016'

                                               Case C-413/14  P

                                            Intel Corporation  Inc.
                                                       V

                                            European  Commission


      (Appeal - Article 102 TFEU  - Abuse  of dominant position - Loyalty rebates - Classification as abuse
      -  Applicable legal test - Single and continuous infringement - Rights of the defence - Article 19 of
            Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 -  Interview relating to the subject matter of an investigation -
                          Jurisdiction of the Commission - Implementation  - Effects)




                                               Table of contents




      I -   Legal framework    ....................................................................    4

      II -  Background to the proceedings   ....................................................       5

      III - Procedure before the General Court and the judgment under appeal .......................... 8

      IV -  Procedure before the Court and forms of order sought ........................................  8

      V  -  Assessment of the grounds of appeal........................................ .............  8

            A -  Introductory remarks  ..........................................................      9

            B -  The first ground of appeal: the legal test to be applied to so-called 'exclusivity rebates' ......  10

                 1. The main arguments of the parties .............................................   10

                 2. Analysis .....   ...................................................................  11

                    (a) The principal assessment of the appellant's rebates and payments carried out by the
                        General Court   .........................................................     12

                        i)  The basic tenets of the Court's case-law regarding rebates ........ ............  12



      1  Original language: English.


EN
            ECLI:EU:C:2016:788                                                                         1

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