Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:386
Date: 2022-06-22
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Competition;Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 22 June 2022 – thyssenkrupp v Commission (Case T-584/19) 1 (Competition – Concentrations – Market for the production and distribution of flat carbon steel – Decision declaring the concentration incompatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement – Relevant market – Assessment of the effects of the transaction on competition – Commitments – Obligation to state reasons) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: thyssenkrupp AG (Duisburg and Essen, Germany) (represented by: M. Klusmann, J. Ziebarth and M. Dästner, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Conte, T. Franchoo, I. Zaloguin and C. Sjödin, acting as Agents) Re: Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2019) 4228 final of 11 June 2019 declaring a concentration to be incompatible with the internal market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case M.8713 – Tata Steel/thyssenkrupp/JV). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders thyssenkrupp AG to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 357, 21.10.2019.