13.12.2021   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 502/17


Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Polskie Linie Lotnicze ‘LOT’ v Commission

(Case T-240/18) (1)

(Competition - Concentrations - Air transport - Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement - Relevant market - Assessment of the effects of the concentration on competition - Absence of commitment - Obligation to state reasons)

(2021/C 502/26)

Language of the case: Polish

Parties

Applicant: Polskie Linie Lotnicze ‘LOT’ S.A. (Warsaw, Poland) (represented by: M. Jeżewski and M. König, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Wildpanner, T. Franchoo and J. Szczodrowski, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: easyJet plc (Luton, United Kingdom) (represented by: M. Odriozola Alén, I. Terlecka and T. Reeves, lawyers)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2017) 8776 final of 12 December 2017 (Case No COMP/M.8672 — easyJet / Certain Air Berlin assets) declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Polskie Linie Lotnicze ‘LOT’ S.A. to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 200, 11.6.2018.