Competition - Distribution of motor vehicles - Article 81(1) EC - Price agreement - Meaning of agreement - Proof of the existence of an agreement.

«(Competition – Distribution of motor vehicles – Article 81(1) EC – Price agreement – Meaning of agreement – Proof of the existence of an agreement)» Summary of the Judgment Competition – Agreements, decisions and concerted practices – Agreements between undertakings – Meaning – Joint intention to adopt conduct in the market – Anti-competitive request by a manufacturer to its dealers who are party to a dealership agreement which complies with competition law – Excluded in the absence of proof of acquiescence by the dealers (Art. 81(1) EC) JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fourth Chamber)3 December 2003 (1) ((Competition – Distribution of motor vehicles – Article 81(1) EC – Price agreement – Meaning of agreement – Proof of the existence of an agreement)) applicant, v defendant, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (Fourth Chamber), having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 18 June 2003, gives the following On those grounds, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fourth Chamber) Tiili Mengozzi Vilaras H. Jung V. Tiili Registrar President 1 – Language of the case: German.