Court of Justice 3 July 2007, C-280/06 (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato v Ente tabacchi italiani - ETI SpA and Others and Philip Morris Products SA and Others v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato and Others.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. Under what circumstances can a cartel offence committed by an undertaking previously operating in the relevant market be attributed to its successor on that market? This is the essence of the question which the Italian Consiglio di Stato has referred to the Court in the present case. 2.