Article 4
This Decision is addressed to: 1. Brasserie de Luxembourg Mousel-Diekirch SA, 2, Rue de la Tour Jacob L-1831 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 2. SA Brasserie Nationale-Bofferding, 2 boulevard J. F. Kennedy, L-4901 Bascharage, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 3. Brasserie de Wiltz, 14 rue Joseph Simon, L-9550 Wiltz, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 4. Brasserie Battin, 22 boulevard J. F. Kennedy, 4170 Esch/Alzette, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The Decision is enforceable pursuant to Article 256 of the EC Treaty. Done at Brussels, 5 December 2001. For the Commission Mario Monti Member of the Commission (1) OJ 13, 21.2.1962, p. 204/62. (2) OJ L 148, 15.6.1999, p. 5. (3) OJ L 354, 30.12.1998, p. 18. (4) Document No 37 800, p. 15 to 23. (5) OJ C 207, 18.7.1996, p. 4. (6) Information indicated in square brackets is considered to be a business secret by the party concerned. (7) Hotels, restaurants and pubs. (8) Bofferding's replies, 13.3.2000 and 10.5.2000. (9) Diekirch's replies, 8.3.2000 and 3.5.2000. (10) Mousel's replies, 8.3.2000 and 3.5.2000. (11) Wiltz's replies, 8.3.2000 and 2.5.2000. (12) Battin's replies, 10.3.2000 and 9.5.2000. (13) The parties' replies cited in footnotes 7 to 12 above. (14) Bofferding's reply, 10.5.2000 (Document No 37 800, pp. 680 and 681). (15) See the figures cited in recital 3. (16) Sources: Bofferding's reply, 10.5.2000 (Document No 37 800, pp. 680 and 681), confirmed by Diekirch's reply, 2.8.2000 (Document No 37 800, p. 1109) and Wiltz's, 2.5.2000 (Document No 37 800 p. 693). (17) Estimate supplied by Bofferding in its reply of 3.4.2001 to the Commission's questions following the hearing on 13.3.2001. (18) The parties' replies cited in footnotes 7 to 12 above, and the reply from the Luxembourg Brewers' Federation, 22.5.2000 (Document No 37 800, pp. 699 to 701). Only one party, Battin, gave a lower estimate for the number of on-trade outlets in Luxembourg, i.e. about 2200. (19) Document No 37 800, p. 616 to 618. (20) Document No 37 800, p. 620 to 624. (21) 'Droit de cabaretage'. (22) Document No 37 800, p. 628. (23) Letter from Interbrew's lawyers, 23.3.2000 (Document No 37 800, pp. 476 and 477). (24) Document No 37 800, p. 20. (25) Document No 37 800, p. 21. (26) See recital 13 above. (27) Document No 37 800, pp. 249 and 250. (28) Document No 37 800, p. 449. (29) Document No 37 800, p. 131. (30) Document No 37 800, p. 132. (31) Battin's reply, 10.3.2000. (32) Bofferding's reply, 13.3.2000. (33) Diekirch's reply, 13.3.2000. (34) Bofferding's reply, 13.3.2000. (35) Document No 37 800, pp. 70-71. (36) Document No 37 800, p. 216. (37) Document No 37 800, p. 252. (38) Document No 37 800, pp. 337-38. (39) Document No 37 800, p. 339. (40) See recital 17 on the procedure for terminating the agreement. (41) See recital 2. (42) See recital 9. (43) Court of Cassation Compagnie Atlantique de Téléphone v Sunaco; Cofratel v Bechtel France; Vassali v Gagnaire and Société Le Montparnasse v GST Alcatel Bretagne, Gazette du Palais, 8.12.1995. (44) Commercial judgment II No 180/96 of the Luxembourg District Court of 6 March 1996 Brasserie Nationale v Jacoby. (45) Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Communities of 8 November 1983, in Joined Cases 96 to 102, 104, 105, 108 and 110/82, IAZ and others v Commission [1983] ECR 3369, paragraphs 23 to 25. (46) Judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities of 6 July 2000 in Case T-62/98 Volkswagen v Commission, [2000] ECR II-2707, paragraph 178. (47) See recital 25. (48) OJ C 372, 9.12.1997, p. 13. (49) See recital 11. (50) See in recital 9 the interpretation agreed between the parties at the meetings of 7 October and 2 December 1986. (51) See recital 29. (52) See recital 8. (53) See recital 30. (54) See recital 31. (55) See recital 30. (56) See recital 30. (57) See the letter from Bofferding's lawyer of 19.8.1996, Document No 37 800, p. 324. (58) Document No 37 800, pp. 406 and 418. (59) See recital 31. (60) See, for example, Bofferding's exclusive purchasing contracts, Document No 37 800, pp. 126 to 30 and pp. 145 to 49, the December 1988 amendment to the Diekirch contract, Document No 37 800, pp. 199 to 200, and the Diekirch supply contract, Document No 37 800, pp. 342 to 47. (61) OJ L 173, 30.6.1983, p. 5. (62) OJ L 214, 6.8.1997, p. 27. (63) See recital 32. (64) See recital 33. (65) Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Joined Cases 240, 241, 242, 261, 262, 268 and 269/82 Stichting Sigarettenindustrie and Others v Commission [1985] ECR 3831. (66) See recital 17. (67) See the IAZ judgment already mentioned at paragraph 25. (68) Judgment of the Court of Justice of 1 June 1999 in Case C-126/97 Eco Swiss China Time v Benetton International [1999] ECR I-3055, paragraph 39. (69) Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 September 1998 in Case T-374/94 European Night Services and others v Commission [1998] ECR I-3141, paragraph 136. (70) See recital 25. (71) See recital 23. (72) See recital 20. (73) See recitals 13 and 14. (74) See the examples quoted in recital 24. (75) See recital 19. (76) See recital 25. (77) Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case 246/86 Belasco and others v Commission [1989] ECR 2117, paragraph 34. (78) See recital 18. (79) See recital 36. (80) See recital 37. (81) See recital 18. (82) See recital 38. (83) See recital 5. (84) See recital 6. (85) See recital 38. (86) Case T-374/94 European Night Services and others v Commission (see footnote 70). (87) Judgment of the Court of Justice of 11 July 1985 in Case 42/84 Remia and others v Commission [1985] ECR 2545, paragraph 22. (88) See recitals 67 to 73. (89) See recital 9. (90) See recital 16. (91) See recital 5. (92) See recital 42. (93) Judgment of the Court of Justice of 1 February 1978 in Case 19/77 Miller International Schallplatten v Commission [1978] ECR 131, paragraph 15 and Joined Cases T-202/98, T-204/98 and T-207/98 Tate & Lyle not yet reported, paragraph 84. (94) See recital 43. (95) See Belasco (footnote 78). (96) See recital 78. (97) Judgment of the Court of Justice of 25 February 1986 in Case 193/83 Windsurfing International v Commission [1986] ECR 611, paragraph 96. (98) See recitals 69 and 70. (99) See recital 39. (100) OJ L 107, 30.4.1996, p. 4. (101) Point 20 of the de minimis notice. (102) See recital 17. (103) See recital 4. (104) See Miller, paragraph 18 and Tate & Lyle, paragraph 127, as previously cited. (105) See recital 30. (106) See recital 6. (107) See recital 3. (108) See recital 86. (109) See recital 2.