L’enquête qui a duré près de trois ans faisait suite à une décision du Tribunal qui avait estimé, en 2010, que l’exécutif européen avait eu tort de débouter la Confédération Européenne des Associations d’Horlogers Réparateurs (CEAHR) de sa plainte déposée en 2004.
C’est une victoire pour la FH qui travaille sur ce dossier depuis maintenant plusieurs années.
Communiqué de la Commission :
Antitrust: Commission closes its investigation into the refusal by several manufacturers of prestige/luxury watches to supply spare parts to independent repairers
The European Commission has closed its antitrust investigation in the sectors of the supply of spare parts and the provision of repair and maintenance services for luxury/prestige watches in several member states (notably France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK). The investigation concerned watches which are typically worth repairing and maintaining (in that regard, the Commission focused on watches sold above a certain retail price). The Commission investigated, further to a complaint by the European Confederation of Watch and Clock Repairers’ Association (CEAHR), whether the discontinuance of the supplies of spare parts by prestige watch manufacturers to independent watch repairers (i.e. repairers that do not belong to their respective official networks for repair and maintenance services) may constitute an infringement of EU competition rules on restrictive agreements and abuse of a dominant position (Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, respectively). Following a comprehensive investigation, the Commission has concluded that there is limited likelihood of finding such an infringement. The Commission has accordingly decided to close its antitrust probe (see web statement<http://ec.europa.eu/competition/antitrust/cases/dec_docs/39097/39097_3089_3.pdf> for more background on the case).
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