CELEX: 62004TA0279
Language: en
Date: 2010-09-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-279/04: Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 September 2010 — Éditions Jacob v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — French-language publishing — Decision declaring the concentration compatible with the common market subject to sale of assets — Action for annulment brought by an unsuccessful prospective purchaser — Obligation to state reasons — Fraud — Error of law — Manifest error of assessment — Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89)

6.11.2010   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 301/20
            
         Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 September 2010 — Éditions Jacob v Commission
   (Case T-279/04) (1)
   
   (Competition - Concentrations - French-language publishing - Decision declaring the concentration compatible with the common market subject to sale of assets - Action for annulment brought by an unsuccessful prospective purchaser - Obligation to state reasons - Fraud - Error of law - Manifest error of assessment - Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89)
   2010/C 301/29
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Éditions Odile Jacob SAS (Paris, France) (represented by: O. Fréget, W. van Weert, I. de Seze, M. Struys, M. Potel and L. Eskenazi, lawyers
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: initially A. Whelan, O. Beynet, A. Bouquet and F. Arbault, then A. Bouquet and O. Beynet, acting as Agents)
   Intervener in support of the defendant: Lagardère SCA (Paris) (represented by: initially A. Winckler and I. Girgenson, then A. Winckler, F. de Bure and J.-B. Pinçon, lawyers
   
      Re:
   
   Application for the annulment of Commission Decision 2004/422/EC of 7 January 2004 declaring a concentration to be incompatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.2978 — Lagardère/Natexis/VUP) (OJ 2004 L 125, p. 54).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The General Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               orders Éditions Odile Jacob SAS to bear its own costs and to pay the costs of the European Commission and Lagardère SCA.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 262, of 23.10.2004.