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4.7.2009 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 153/33 |
Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 7 May 2009 — NVV and Others v Commission
(Case T-151/05) (1)
(Competition - Concentrations - Markets for the purchase of live pigs or sows for slaughter - Decision declaring the concentration compatible with the common market - Definition of the relevant geographic market - Duty of care - Duty to state reasons)
2009/C 153/63
Language of the case: Dutch
Parties
Applicants: Nederlandse Vakbond Varkenshouders (NVV) (Lunteren, Netherlands); Marius Schep (Lopik, Netherlands); and Nederlandse Bond van Handelaren in Vee (NBHV) (The Hague, Netherlands) (represented by: initially, J. Kneppelhout and M. van der Kaden and, subsequently, J. Kneppelhout, lawyers)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: initially, A. Whelan and S. Noë and, subsequently, A. Bouquet and S. Noë, Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Sovion NV (Best, Netherlands) (represented by: J. de Pree and W. Geursen, lawyers)
Re:
Annulment of the Commission decision of 21 December 2004 declaring a concentration compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement (Case No COMP/M.3605 — Sovion/HMG)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Nederlandse Vakbond Varkenshouders (NVV), Marius Schep and Nederlandse Bond van Handelaren in Vee (NBHV) to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the Commission and by Sovion NV. |