# C_2008107EN.01000901.xml

| 26.4.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 107/9 |
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Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 6 March 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain

(Case C-196/07)( 1 )

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Competition policy - Concentrations - Failure to comply with obligations imposed by the Commission - E.ON/Endesa)

(2008/C 107/13)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: V Di Bucci and E. Gippini Fournier, agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: N. Diaz Abad, agent)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to comply with Article 2 of the Commission Decision of 26 September 2006 (Case No COMP/M.4197 — E.ON/Endesa — C(2006) 4279 final) and Article 2 of the Commission Decision of 20 December 2006 (Case No COMP/M.4197 — E.ON/Endesa — C(2006) 7039 final)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | declares that by not withdrawing:
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the conditions 1 to 6, 8 and 17 imposed by the decision of the National Energy Committee which were declared incompatible with Community law by Article 1 of the Commission Decision of 26 September 2006 (Case No COMP/M.4197 — E.ON/Endesa — C(2006) 4279 final), and —
the conditions 1, 10, 11 and 15, as amended, imposed by decision of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade which were declared incompatible with Community law by Article 1 of the Commission Decision of 20 December 2006 (Case No COMP/M.4197 — E.ON/Endesa — C(2006) 7039 final), the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 2 of each of those decisions; | — | the conditions 1 to 6, 8 and 17 imposed by the decision of the National Energy Committee which were declared incompatible with Community law by Article 1 of the Commission Decision of 26 September 2006 (Case No COMP/M.4197 — E.ON/Endesa — C(2006) 4279 final), and | — | the conditions 1, 10, 11 and 15, as amended, imposed by decision of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade which were declared incompatible with Community law by Article 1 of the Commission Decision of 20 December 2006 (Case No COMP/M.4197 — E.ON/Endesa — C(2006) 7039 final), |
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| — | the conditions 1 to 6, 8 and 17 imposed by the decision of the National Energy Committee which were declared incompatible with Community law by Article 1 of the Commission Decision of 26 September 2006 (Case No COMP/M.4197 — E.ON/Endesa — C(2006) 4279 final), and | | | | |
| — | the conditions 1, 10, 11 and 15, as amended, imposed by decision of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade which were declared incompatible with Community law by Article 1 of the Commission Decision of 20 December 2006 (Case No COMP/M.4197 — E.ON/Endesa — C(2006) 7039 final), | | | | |

| 2. | orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs. |
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( 1 )  OJ C 155, 7.7.2007.

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