Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2022:296
Date: 2022-05-18
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Competition;Concentrations between undertakings
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 18 May 2022 – Wieland-Werke v Commission (Case T-251/19) 1 (Competition – Concentrations – Market for rolled products and pre-rolled strip made of copper and copper alloys – Decision declaring the concentration incompatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement – Commitments – Relevant market – Assessment of the horizontal and vertical effects of the transaction on competition – Manifest error of assessment – Principle of good administration – Rights of the defence) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Wieland-Werke AG (Ulm, Germany) (represented by: U. Soltész, C. von Köckritz and K. Winkelmann, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Berghe, A. Cleenewerck de Crayencour, M. Farley and F. Jimeno Fernández, acting as Agents) Re: Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Decision C(2019) 922 final of 5 February 2019 declaring a concentration to be incompatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement (Case M.8900 – Wieland/Aurubis Rolled Products/Schwermetall). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Wieland-Werke AG to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 213, 24.6.2019.