The EU Court of Justice holds that when a request for the establishment of an infringement against a company operating a selective distribution, the Commission must examine if the system s capable of distorting competition within the common market and of affecting trade between Member States (Demo-Studio Schmidt)

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT 11 OCTOBER 1983 [1] Oswald Schmidt, trading as Demo-Studio Schmidt, v Commission of the European Communities Case 210/81* 1. It is in the interests of the satisfactory administration of justice and of the proper application of Articles 85 and 86 that natural or legal persons who are entitled, pursuant to Article 3 (2) (b) of Regulation No 17, to request the