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Document 62020TA0314

Case T-314/20: Judgment of the General Court of 17 May 2023 — Stadtwerke Hameln Weserbergland v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — German electricity market — Decision declaring the concentration compatible with the internal market — Action for annulment — No standing to bring proceedings — No active participation — Inadmissibility)

OJ C 235, 3.7.2023, p. 25–26 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

3.7.2023   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 235/25


Judgment of the General Court of 17 May 2023 — Stadtwerke Hameln Weserbergland v Commission

(Case T-314/20) (1)

(Competition - Concentrations - German electricity market - Decision declaring the concentration compatible with the internal market - Action for annulment - No standing to bring proceedings - No active participation - Inadmissibility)

(2023/C 235/31)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Stadtwerke Hameln Weserbergland GmbH, formerly GWS Stadtwerke Hameln GmbH (Hamelin, Germany) (represented by: I. Zenke and T. Heymann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Meessen and I. Zaloguin, acting as Agents, and by T. Funke and A. Dlouhy, lawyers)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: J. Möller and S. Costanzo, acting as Agents), E.ON SE (Essen, Germany) (represented by: C. Grave, C. Barth and D.-J. dos Santos Goncalves, lawyers), RWE AG (Essen) (represented by: U. Scholz, J. Siegmund and J. Ziebarth, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of Commission Decision C(2019) 1711 final of 26 February 2019, declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement (Case M.8871 — RWE/E.ON Assets) (OJ 2020 C 111, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action as inadmissible;

2.

Orders Stadtwerke Hameln Weserbergland GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission, E.ON SE and RWE AG;

3.

Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 247, 27.7.2020.


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