62020TJ0322_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 17 May 2023 – Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main v Commission
(Case T‑322/20) (
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(Competition – Concentrations – German electricity market – Decision declaring the concentration compatible with the internal market – Action for annulment – No standing to bring proceedings – Inadmissibility)
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Interest in bringing proceedings – Need for a vested and present interest – Action brought against a Commission decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market – Action brought by a shareholder of the undertaking concerned by that decision – Interest in bringing proceedings that is separate from that of the undertaking – None – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU)
(see paragraphs 26-37)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action as inadmissible;
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Orders Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main Holding GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission, E.ON SE and RWE AG;
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Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its own costs.
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)	OJ C 247, 27.7.2020.