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Document 62019TA0609
Case T-609/19: Judgment of the General Court of 18 May 2022 — Canon v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — Medical equipment manufacturing sector — Decision imposing fines for implementing a concentration prior to notification and authorisation — Article 4(1), Article 7(1) and Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 — Interim transaction and ultimate transaction — Parking structure — Single concentration — Rights of the defence — Legitimate expectations — Principle of legality — Proportionality — Amount of fines — Mitigating circumstances)
Case T-609/19: Judgment of the General Court of 18 May 2022 — Canon v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — Medical equipment manufacturing sector — Decision imposing fines for implementing a concentration prior to notification and authorisation — Article 4(1), Article 7(1) and Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 — Interim transaction and ultimate transaction — Parking structure — Single concentration — Rights of the defence — Legitimate expectations — Principle of legality — Proportionality — Amount of fines — Mitigating circumstances)
Case T-609/19: Judgment of the General Court of 18 May 2022 — Canon v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — Medical equipment manufacturing sector — Decision imposing fines for implementing a concentration prior to notification and authorisation — Article 4(1), Article 7(1) and Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 — Interim transaction and ultimate transaction — Parking structure — Single concentration — Rights of the defence — Legitimate expectations — Principle of legality — Proportionality — Amount of fines — Mitigating circumstances)
OJ C 276, 18.7.2022, p. 9–9
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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18.7.2022 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 276/9 |
Judgment of the General Court of 18 May 2022 — Canon v Commission
(Case T-609/19) (1)
(Competition - Concentrations - Medical equipment manufacturing sector - Decision imposing fines for implementing a concentration prior to notification and authorisation - Article 4(1), Article 7(1) and Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 - Interim transaction and ultimate transaction - Parking structure - Single concentration - Rights of the defence - Legitimate expectations - Principle of legality - Proportionality - Amount of fines - Mitigating circumstances)
(2022/C 276/13)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Canon Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) (represented by: U. Soltész, W. Bosch, C. von Köckritz, K. Winkelmann, M. Reynolds, J. Schindler, D. Arts and W. Devroe, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Conte and C. Urraca Caviedes, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: A.-L. Meyer and O. Segnana, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU for, primarily, annulment of Commission Decision C(2019) 4559 final of 27 June 2019 imposing fines for failing to notify a concentration in breach of Article 4(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 and for implementing a concentration in breach of Article 7(1) of that regulation (Case M.8179 — Canon/Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation), and, in the alternative, annulment or reduction of the fines imposed on the applicant.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Canon Inc. to bear its own costs as well as those incurred by the European Commission; |
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Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs. |