23.3.2020 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 95/45 |
Action brought on 4 February 2020 — Tele Columbus v Commission
(Case T-69/20)
(2020/C 95/55)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Tele Columbus AG (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: C. Wagner and J. Hackl, Rechtsanwälte)
Defendant: European Commission
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should,
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annul Commission Decision C(2019) 5187 of 18 July 2019 (M.8864 — VODAFONE/CERTAIN LIBERTY GLOBAL ASSETS), |
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order the Commission to pay the costs of the proceedings |
Pleas in law and main arguments
In support of the action, the applicant relies on the following pleas in law.
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First plea in law, alleging a manifest error of assessment and procedural irregularity in the examination of whether horizontal non-coordinated effects on the German ‘market for the supply of cable TV signal transmission to households in multi-dwelling-units (MDU customers)’ (‘MDU market’) significantly impede effective competition. |
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Second plea in law, alleging a manifest error of assessment in the examination of whether horizontal non-coordinated effects on the German ‘market for the supply of cable TV signal transmission to households in single-dwelling-units (SDU customers)’ significantly impede effective competition. |
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Third plea in law, alleging a manifest error of assessment and procedural irregularity in the examination of whether vertical non-coordinated effects on the signal transmission market and the related MDU market in Germany significantly impede effective competition. |
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Fourth plea in law, alleging a manifest error of assessment in the examination of whether horizontal non-coordinated effects on the so-called feed-in market in Germany significantly impede effective competition. |
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Fifth plea in law, alleging a manifest error of assessment and procedural irregularity in the examination of commitments since the Commission accepted a set of commitments that was inherently unsuitable from the outset to compensate for the significant impediments to competition resulting from the merger. |