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1.8.2009 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 180/40 |
Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 19 June 2009 — Socratec v Commission
(Case T-269/03) (1)
(‘Competition - Concentrations - Market in road traffic telematic systems - Applicant declared insolvent in course of proceedings - No longer any legal interest in bringing proceedings - No need to adjudicate’)
2009/C 180/73
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Socratec — Satellite Navigation Consulting, Research & Technology GmbH (Regensburg) (represented by: M. Adolf and M. Lüken, lawyers)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: initially S. Rating, then A. Whelan and K. Mojzesowicz, and latterly K. Mojzesowicz and X. Lewis, agents)
Intervener in support of the applicant: Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions Europe BV (Waarle, Netherlands) (represented by: G. Berrisch and D.W. Hull, lawyers)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Daimler AG, formerly DaimlerChrysler AG (Stuttgart, Germany); Daimler Financial Services AG, formerly DaimlerChrysler Services AG (Berlin, Germany); Deutsche Telekom AG (Bonn, Germany); Toll Collect GmbH (Berlin) (represented by: J. Schütze and A. von Graevenitz, lawyers); and Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: initially C. D. Quassowski and S. Flockermann, then M. Lumma, agents, assisted by U. Karpenstein and A. Rosenfeld, lawyers)
Re:
Annulment of Commission Decision 2003/792/EC of 30 April 2003 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.2903 — DaimlerChrysler/Deutsche Telekom Joint Venture) (OJ 2003 L 300, p. 62).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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declares that there is no longer any need to adjudicate on the action; |
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orders Socratec — Satellite Navigation Consulting, Research & Technology GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay the costs of the Commission, Daimler AG, Daimler Financial Services AG, Deutsche Telekom AG and Toll Collect GmbH; |
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orders Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions Europe BV to bear its own costs; |
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orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its own costs. |