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(Case C-280/08 P) (<span class="super">1</span>)
(Appeal - Competition - Article 82 EC - Markets for telecommunications services - Access to the fixed network of the incumbent operator - Wholesale charges for local loop access services to competitors - Retail charges for access services to end-users - Pricing practices of a dominant undertaking - Margin squeeze - Charges approved by the national regulatory authority - Leeway of the dominant undertaking - Attributability of the infringement - Meaning of ‘abuse’ - As-efficient-competitor test - Calculation of the margin squeeze - Effects of the abuse - Amount of the fine)
2010/C 346/06
Language of the case: German
Appellant: Deutsche Telekom AG (represented by: U. Quack, S. Ohlhoff and M. Hutschneider, Rechtsanwälte)
Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: K. Mojzesowicz, W. Mölls and O. Weber, Agents), Vodafone D2 GmbH, formerly Vodafone AG & Co. KG, formerly Arcor AG & Co. KG (represented by: M. Klusmann, Rechtsanwalt), Versatel NRW GmbH, formerly Tropolys NRW GmbH, formerly CityKom Münster GmbH Telekommunikationsservice, EWE TEL GmbH, HanseNet Telekommunikation GmbH, Versatel Nord GmbH, formerly Versatel Nord-Deutschland GmbH, formerly KomTel Gesellschaft für Kommunikations- und Informationsdienste mbH, NetCologne Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation mbH, Versatel Süd GmbH, formerly Versatel Süd-Deutschland GmbH, formerly tesion Telekommunikation GmbH, Versatel West GmbH, formerly Versatel West-Deutschland GmbH, formerly Versatel Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (represented by: N. Nolte, Rechtsanwalt)
Appeal brought against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 10 April 2008 in Case T-271/03 Deutsche Telekom v Commission, by which the Court of First Instance dismissed the application for annulment of Commission Decision 2003/707/EC of 21 May 2003 relating to a proceeding under Article 82 EC (Case COMP/C-1/37.451, 37.578, 37.579 — Deutsche Telekom AG) (OJ 2003 L 263, p. 9), and, in the alternative, reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant — Abuse of a dominant position — Charges for access to the fixed-line telecommunications network in Germany — Abusive nature of pricing practices of a dominant undertaking charging its competitors tariffs for wholesale access to the local loop that are higher than the prices it charges for retail access to the local network
The Court:
1.Dismisses the appeal;
2.Orders Deutsche Telekom AG to pay the costs.
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(<span class="super">1</span>) OJ C 223, 30.8.2008.