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6.11.2010 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 301/20 |
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 September 2010 — Éditions Jacob v Commission
(Case T-279/04) (1)
(Competition - Concentrations - French-language publishing - Decision declaring the concentration compatible with the common market subject to sale of assets - Action for annulment brought by an unsuccessful prospective purchaser - Obligation to state reasons - Fraud - Error of law - Manifest error of assessment - Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89)
2010/C 301/29
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Éditions Odile Jacob SAS (Paris, France) (represented by: O. Fréget, W. van Weert, I. de Seze, M. Struys, M. Potel and L. Eskenazi, lawyers
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: initially A. Whelan, O. Beynet, A. Bouquet and F. Arbault, then A. Bouquet and O. Beynet, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Lagardère SCA (Paris) (represented by: initially A. Winckler and I. Girgenson, then A. Winckler, F. de Bure and J.-B. Pinçon, lawyers
Re:
Application for the annulment of Commission Decision 2004/422/EC of 7 January 2004 declaring a concentration to be incompatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.2978 — Lagardère/Natexis/VUP) (OJ 2004 L 125, p. 54).
Operative part of the judgment
The General Court:
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dismisses the action; |
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orders Éditions Odile Jacob SAS to bear its own costs and to pay the costs of the European Commission and Lagardère SCA. |