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Ordem dos Técnicos Oficiais de Contas v Autoridade da Concorrência (C-1/12)
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36

Ordem dos Técnicos Oficiais de Contas v Autoridade da Concorrência (C-1/12)

Judgment of 28 Feb 2013law://eu/cjeu/2012/c-1-12/para_36@2026-11-10

36In that regard, in accordance with settled case-law, any activity consisting in offering goods and services on a given market is an economic activity (see, inter alia, Wouters and Others, paragraph 47 and the case-law cited).

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-1/12 · ECLI:EU:C:2013:127
Decided: 28 Feb 2013
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa (Portugal)
Applicant: Ordem dos Técnicos Oficiais de Contas
Defendant: Autoridade da Concorrência
Rapporteur: A. Arabadjiev
Advocate General: P. Mengozzi
Bench: 5 judges
R. Silva de Lapuerta, G. Arestis, J.-C. Bonichot, A. Arabadjiev, J.L. da Cruz Vilaça
Language: Portuguese
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62012CJ0001

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Agreements, decisions and concerted practices Freedom to provide services

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Interprets 1: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)
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