98/513/EC: Commission Decision of 11 June 1998 relating to a proceeding under Article 86 of the EC Treaty (IV/35.613 - Alpha Flight Services/Aéroports de Paris) (notified under document number C(1998) 1417) (Only the French text is authentic)

• Articles: 3

Article 1

Aéroports de Paris has infringed Article 86 of the EC Treaty by using its dominant position as manager of the Paris airports to impose discriminatory commercial fees in the Paris airports of Orly and Roissy-Charles de Gaulle on suppliers or users engaged in groundhandling or self-handling activities relating to catering (including the loading and unloading of food and beverages on aircraft), to the cleaning of aircraft and to the handling of cargo.

Article 2

Aéroports de Paris shall put an end to the infringement referred to in Article 1 by applying to the suppliers of groundhandling services concerned a non-discriminatory scheme of commercial fees within two months of the date of notification of this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to Aéroports de Paris, 291 bd Raspail, F-75675 Paris Cedex 14.

Done at Brussels, 11 June 1998.

For the Commission

Karel VAN MIERT

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 13, 21. 2. 1962, p. 204/62.

(2) OJ 127, 20. 8. 1963, p. 2268/63.

(3) Certain information is not included in the published text for reasons of confidentiality.

(4) OJ L 272, 25. 10. 1996, p. 36.

(5) OJ 124, 28. 11. 1962, p. 2751/62.

(6) [1997] ECR I-1287, at paragraph 44.

(7) OJ L 374, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1.

(8) OJ L 240, 24. 8. 1992, p. 18.

(9) [1991] ECR I-1979, at paragraph 21.

(10) [1987] ECR 2599, at paragraphs 7 and 8.

(11) [1997] ECR I-1547, at paragraphs 16, 17 and 18.

(12) COM(94) 590 final, paragraphs 12, 13 and 14.

(13) COM(94) 590, point 11.

(14) [1983] ECR 3461.

(15) [1988] ECR 2479, at paragraph 26.

(16) [1991] ECR I-1223, at paragraph 51.

(17) [1994] ECR II-0755, at paragraph 160.

(18) [1997] ECR II-1689.

(19) The sum of the external fees paid by the suppliers of catering and cleaning services referred to in paragraph 21, in relation to the sum of the external turnovers achieved by the same suppliers.

(20) Total internal fees paid by the suppliers of catering and cleaning services referred to in paragraph 21 in relation to total internal turnover of the same suppliers.