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Document 62021TA0062
Case T-62/21: Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — GGEW v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — German electricity and gas markets — Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market — Obligation to state reasons — Concept of ‘single concentration’ — Right to effective judicial protection — Right to be heard — Definition of the market — Period of analysis — Assessment of the effects of the transaction on competition — Manifest errors of assessment — Undertakings — Duty of diligence)
Case T-62/21: Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — GGEW v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — German electricity and gas markets — Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market — Obligation to state reasons — Concept of ‘single concentration’ — Right to effective judicial protection — Right to be heard — Definition of the market — Period of analysis — Assessment of the effects of the transaction on competition — Manifest errors of assessment — Undertakings — Duty of diligence)
Case T-62/21: Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — GGEW v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — German electricity and gas markets — Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market — Obligation to state reasons — Concept of ‘single concentration’ — Right to effective judicial protection — Right to be heard — Definition of the market — Period of analysis — Assessment of the effects of the transaction on competition — Manifest errors of assessment — Undertakings — Duty of diligence)
OJ C, C/2024/1686, 4.3.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1686/oj (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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Official Journal |
EN Series C |
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C/2024/1686 |
4.3.2024 |
Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — GGEW v Commission
(Case T-62/21) (1)
(Competition - Concentrations - German electricity and gas markets - Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market - Obligation to state reasons - Concept of ‘single concentration’ - Right to effective judicial protection - Right to be heard - Definition of the market - Period of analysis - Assessment of the effects of the transaction on competition - Manifest errors of assessment - Undertakings - Duty of diligence)
(C/2024/1686)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: GGEW, Gruppen-Gas- und Elektrizitätswerk Bergstraße AG (Bensheim, Germany) (represented by: I. Zenke and T. Heymann, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Meessen and J. Szczodrowski, acting as Agents, and T. Funke and A. Dlouhy, lawyers)
Interveners in support of the defendant: 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. Ziebarth and J. Siegmund, lawyers)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision C(2019) 6530 final of 17 September 2019 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement (Case M.8870 — E.ON/Innogy).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders GGEW, Gruppen-Gas- und Elektrizitätswerk Bergstraße AG to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission, E.ON SE and RWE AG. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1686/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)