CELEX: 62007TA0342
Language: en
Date: 2010-07-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-342/07: Judgment of the General Court of 6 July 2010 — Ryanair v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — Air transport — Decision declaring a concentration to be incompatible with the common market — Assessment of the effects of the concentration on competition — Barriers to entry — Efficiency gains — Commitments)

14.8.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 221/35
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 6 July 2010 — Ryanair v Commission
   (Case T-342/07) (1)
   
   (Competition - Concentrations - Air transport - Decision declaring a concentration to be incompatible with the common market - Assessment of the effects of the concentration on competition - Barriers to entry - Efficiency gains - Commitments)
   2010/C 221/55
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Ryanair Holdings plc (Dublin, Ireland) (represented by: J. Swift QC, V. Power, A. McCarthy and D. Hull, Solicitors, and G. Berrisch, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: X. Lewis and S. Noë, Agents)
   
      Interveners in support of the defendant: Aer Lingus Group plc (Dublin) (represented initially by A. Burnside, Solicitor, B. van de Walle de Ghelcke and T. Snels, lawyers, and subsequently by A. Burnside and B. van de Walle de Ghelcke)
   and
   Ireland (represented by D. O’Hagan and J. Buttimore, acting as Agents, and M. Cush, D. Barniville and N. Travers, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for the annulment of Commission Decision C(2007) 3104 of 27 June 2007 declaring a concentration to be incompatible with the common market and the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.4439 — Ryanair/Aer Lingus)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Ryanair Holdings plc to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission and Aer Lingus Group plc;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Ireland to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 269, 10.11.2007.