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Competition - Decision of an association of undertakings - Market for issuing payment cards in France - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Tariff measures applicable to ‘new entrants’ - Membership fees and so-called ‘regulation of customer function’ and ‘sleeper member fee’ mechanisms - Relevant market - Object of the measures at issue - Restriction of competition by object - Article 81(3) EC - Manifest errors of assessment - Principle of sound administration - Proportionality - Legal certainty
Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Concerted practice - Concept - Anti-competitive object or effect - Criteria for assessment - Application of the same criteria to an agreement, a decision or a concerted practice (Art. 81(1) EC) (see para. 63)
Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Prohibition -Exemption - Conditions - Complex evaluation of economic matters - Discretion of the Commission - Judicial review - Limits (Art. 81(3) EC) (see paras 64, 278)
Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Adverse effect on competition - Agreement intended to restrict competition - Simultaneous pursuit of legitimate objectives - No effect (Art. 81(1) and (3) EC) (see paras 73, 76, 77, 140, 141)
Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Prohibition - Exemption - Conditions - Burden of proof - Scope - Examination by the Commission (Art. 81(3) EC) (see paras 74, 217, 274-277, 377)
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