Is the parallel competence set out in Regulation 1/2003 totally clear? Case comment to the preliminary ruling of the Court of Justice of 3 May 2011 Tele 2 v Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów (Case C-375/09)

Michał Mijal

With a motion dated 28th of April 2005 submitted to the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (in Polish: Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów; hereafter, UOKiK President), Tele2 Polska Sp. z o.o. (currently: Netia S.A., hereafter, Applicant) requested the initiation of antitrust proceedings against Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. (hereafter, TP). The Polish incumbent, TP, was alleged to have engaged in practices restricting competition covered by Article 8(1) and 8(2)(5) of the Act on Competition and Consumer Protection of 15th December 2000 (hereafter, Competition Act 2000) and in Article 82 of the Treaty establishing European Community (hereafter, TEC), presently, Article 102 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union (hereafter, TFEU).