Order — ECLI:EU:T:2006:257
Date: 2006-09-18
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Competition;Agreements, decisions and concerted practices;Dominant position
Concepts: Applications by natural or legal persons
Procedure: Action for annulment
Origin: Austria

Order of the Court of First Instance of 18 September 2006 - Wirtschaftskammer Kärnten and best connect Ampere Strompool v Commission (Case T-350/03) 1 (Action for annulment - Competition - Decision declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market - Legal persons - Acts of individual concern to them - Inadmissibility) Language of the case: German Parties Applicants: Wirtschaftskammer Kärnten and best connect Ampere Strompool GmbH (Klagenfurt, Austria) (represented by: M. Angerer, lawyer) Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: initially, A. Bouquet, S. Rating and K. Mojzesowicz, and subsequently, A. Bouquet and K. Mojzesowicz) Intervener in support of the applicants: Ampere AG (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: C. von Hammerstein and C.-S. Schweer, lawyers) Interveners in support of the defendant: Österreichische Elektrizitätswirtschafts-AG (Vienna, Austria); EVN AG (Maria Enzersdorf, Austria); Wien Energie GmbH (Vienna); Energie AG Oberösterreich (Linz, Austria); Burgenländische Elektrizitätswirtschafts-AG (Eisenstadt, Austria); and Linz AG für Energie, Telekommunikation, Verkehr und Kommunale Dienste (Linz) (represented by: S. Polster and H. Wollmann, lawyers) Re: Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2004/271/EC of 11 June 2003 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market and the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.2947 - Verbund/EnergieAllianz) (OJ 2004 L 92, p. 91) Operative part of the order 1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible. 2. The applicants are ordered to bear their own costs and jointly and severally the costs incurred by the Commission and by the interveners Österreichische Elektrizitätswirtschafts-AG, EVN AG, Wien Energie GmbH, Energie AG Oberösterreich, Burgenländische Elektrizitätswirtschafts-AG and Linz AG für Energie, Telekommunikation, Verkehr und Kommunale Dienste. 3. The intervener Ampere AG is ordered to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 7, 10.01.2004.