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AG2R Prévoyance v Beaudout Père et Fils SARL (C-437/09)
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42

AG2R Prévoyance v Beaudout Père et Fils SARL (C-437/09)

law://eu/cjeu/2009/c-437-09/para_42@2026-11-12

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · First Chamber
Case: C-437/09 · ECLI:EU:C:2011:112
Decided: 3 Mar 2011
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Tribunal de grande instance de Périgueux (France)
Applicant: AG2R Prévoyance
Defendant: Beaudout Père et Fils SARL
Rapporteur: E. Levits
Advocate General: P. Mengozzi
Bench: 5 judges
A. Tizzano, J.-J. Kasel, A. Borg Barthet, E. Levits, M. Safjan
Language: French
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62009CJ0437

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3 Mar 2011Reading

Judgment of 3 Mar 2011

42It is clear from established case-law that any activity consisting in offering goods and services on a given market is an economic activity (see, inter alia, Case C-218/00 Cisal [2002] ECR I-691, paragraph 23).

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Interprets 2: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)4 provisions; Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016)
Cited by 12: OSA — Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním o.s. v Léčebné lázně Mariánské Lázně a.s (C-351/12)2 provisions; Union des syndicats de l'immobilier (UNIS) v Ministre du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Formation professionnelle et du Dialogue social et Syndicat national des résidences de tourisme (SNRT) and Others and Beaudout Père et Fils SARL v Ministre du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Formation professionnelle et du Dialogue social and Others (C-25/14, C-26/14)3 provisions; Compass-Datenbank GmbH v Republik Österreich (C-138/11)2 provisions; Autorità di sistema portuale del Mar Ligure occidentale and Others v European Commission (T-166/21); European Commission and Slovak Republic v Dôvera zdravotná poistʼovňa, a.s (C-262/18 P, C-271/18 P)2 provisions; European Commission v Hungary (C-171/17); Dôvera zdravotná poistʼovňa, a.s. v European Commission (T-216/15); Banco Privado Português, SA and Massa Insolvente do Banco Privado Português, SA v European Commission (T-487/11)2 provisions; FNV Kunsten Informatie en Media v Staat der Nederlanden (C-413/13); Federal Republic of Germany v European Commission (T-347/09); FLS Plast A/S v European Commission (T-64/06); FLSmidth & Co. A/S v European Commission (T-65/06)
Cites 14: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)6 provisions; Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016); Campina GmbH & Co. v Hauptzollamt Frankfurt (Oder) (C-45/06); Albany International BV v Stichting Bedrijfspensioenfonds Textielindustrie (C-67/96); Kattner Stahlbau GmbH v Maschinenbau- und Metall- Berufsgenossenschaft (C-350/07); Cisal di Battistello Venanzio & C. Sas v Istituto nazionale per l'assicurazione contro gli infortuni sul lavoro (INAIL) (C-218/00); Maatschappij Drijvende Bokken BV v Stichting Pensioenfonds voor de Vervoer- en Havenbedrijven (C-219/97); Brentjens' Handelsonderneming BV v Stichting Bedrijfspensioenfonds voor de Handel in Bouwmaterialen (C-115/97, C-116/97, C-117/97); Hendrik van der Woude v Stichting Beatrixoord (C-222/98); Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (C-35/96); Pavel Pavlov and Others v Stichting Pensioenfonds Medische Specialisten (C-180/98, C-181/98, C-182/98, C-183/98, C-184/98); Corsica Ferries France SA v Gruppo Antichi Ormeggiatori del porto di Genova Coop. arl, Gruppo Ormeggiatori del Golfo di La Spezia Coop. arl and Ministero dei Trasporti e della Navigazione (C-266/96); Klaus Höfner and Fritz Elser v Macrotron GmbH (C-41/90); Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato v Ente tabacchi italiani - ETI SpA and Others and Philip Morris Products SA and Others v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato and Others (C-280/06)