“…Demetriou argued that the CJEU has consistently held that a restriction can amount to an object infringement even if it pursues other legitimate objectives. In Case C-209/07 Competition Authority v Beef Industry Development Society Ltd EU:C:2008:643 (‘BIDS’) the CJEU held that the beef producers’ aim of rationalising the beef indus…”
“…The other cases to which we were taken seem to me to add relatively little of significance to this part of the case. One of them was Case C-209/07 Competition Authority v Beef Industry Development Society Ltd [2009] 4 CMLR 6. That case concerned an attempt by processors to reduce overcapacity in the Irish…”