United Brands Company v Commission of the European Communities

United Brands v Commission
European Court of Justice
Submitted 15 March 1976 Decided 14 February 1978
Full case name	United Brands Company and United Brands Continentaal BV v Commission of the European Communities
Case	27/76
CelexID	61976J0027
ECLI	ECLI:EU:C:1978:22
Nationality of parties	Netherlands
Court composition
President H. Kutscher
Judges M. Sørensen G. Bosco A. M. Donner J. Mertens de Wilmars Lord Mackenzie Stuart A. Touffait
Advocate General H. Mayras
Instruments cited
EEC Treaty
Keywords
Competition; Abuse of a Dominant Position

United Brands v Commission (1976) Case 27/76 is an EU competition legal case concerning abuse of a dominant position in a relevant product market. The case involved the infamous "green banana clause". It is one of the most famous cases in European competition law, which seeks to ban cartels, collusion and other anti-competitive practices,^[1] and to ban abuse of dominant market positions.^[2]