Tomra Systems ASA and Others v European Commission (C-549/10 P)
law://eu/cjeu/2010/c-549-10/para_19@2026-11-13
Key facts
Court
Court of Justice · Third Chamber
Case
C-549/10 P · ECLI:EU:C:2012:221
Decided
19 Apr 2012
Procedure
Action for annulment
Applicants
Tomra Systems ASA; Tomra Europe AS and 5 moreTomra Systems GmbH; Tomra Systems BV; Tomra Leergutsysteme GmbH; Tomra Systems AB; Tomra Butikksystemer AS
Defendant
European Commission
Rapporteur
R. Silva de Lapuerta
Advocate General
J. Mazák
Bench
5 judgesK. Lenaerts, R. Silva de Lapuerta, E. Juhász, G. Arestis, T. von Danwitz
19It must be observed in that regard that where the Commission undertakes an assessment of the conduct of an undertaking in a dominant position, that assessment being an essential prerequisite of a finding that there is an abuse of such a position, the Commission is necessarily required to assess the business strategy pursued by that undertaking. For that purpose, it is clearly legitimate for the Commission to refer to subjective factors, namely the motives underlying the business strategy in question.