A Ahlström Osakeyhtiö and Others v. Commission (In re Wood Pulp Cartel)

Abstract

Economics, trade and finance — International trade — Anticompetitive practices — Price fixing — Agreements between producers outside the European Community to fix prices — Effect on the European Economic Community — Whether involving violation of Community competition law — European Economic Community Treaty, 1957, Article 85 — Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Recommendation on Co-operation between States on Restrictive Practices affecting International Trade

Jurisdiction — Principles of — Whether international law conferring jurisdiction upon States or imposing limitations upon a jurisdiction derived from State sovereignty — Lotus principle — Territorial jurisdiction — Extent of territorial principle — Effects doctrine — Whether compatible with international law — Antitrust cases — Price fixing agreement concluded outside European Economic Community — Effects within Community — Acts inside Community in implementation of agreement — Whether parties to agreement violating Community law — Basis for Community to assert jurisdiction

Relationship of international law and municipal law — European Economic Community law — Relationship with international law — International law principles regarding jurisdiction of States — Whether applicable to European Economic Community

Treaties — Application — EEC-Finland Free Trade Agreement — Whether precluding application of Community competition law to Finnish undertakings — The law of the European Economic Community