Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:587
Date: 2023-09-27
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber, Extended Composition
Subject matter: Competition;Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 27 September 2023 – Valve v Commission (Case T-172/21) 1 (Competition – Agreements, decisions and concerted practices – Market for PC video games – Platform – Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement – Restriction of parallel imports – Concepts of ‘agreement’ and ‘concerted practice’ – Restriction of competition by object – Copyright) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Valve Corporation (Bellevue, Washington, United States) (represented by: L. Kjølbye, S. Völcker and G. Caldini, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Farley, C. Sjödin, J. Szczodrowski and L. Wildpanner, acting as Agents) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of Commission Decision C(2021) 75 final of 20 January 2021 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) (Cases AT.40413 – Focus Home, AT.40414 – Koch Media, AT.40420 – ZeniMax, AT.40422 – Bandai Namco, and AT.40424 – Capcom). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Valve Corporation to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission. ____________ 1 OJ C 228, 14.6.2021.