CELEX: 62018TA0691
Language: en
Date: 2021-01-27 00:00:00
Title: Case T-691/18: Judgment of the General Court of 27 January 2021 — KPN v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — Netherlands market for television services and telecommunications services — Decision declaring the concentration compatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement — Relevant market — Vertical effects — Manifest error of assessment — Obligation to state reasons)

15.3.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 88/26
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 27 January 2021 — KPN v Commission
      (Case T-691/18) (1)
      
      (Competition - Concentrations - Netherlands market for television services and telecommunications services - Decision declaring the concentration compatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement - Relevant market - Vertical effects - Manifest error of assessment - Obligation to state reasons)
      (2021/C 88/33)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: KPN BV (Rotterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: P. van Ginneken and G. Béquet, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. van Vliet, G. Conte, J. Szczodrowski and F. van Schaik, acting as Agents)
      
         Interveners in support of the defendant: VodafoneZiggo Group Holding BV (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Vodafone Group plc (Newbury, United Kingdom), Liberty Global Europe Holding BV (Amsterdam) (represented by: W. Knibbeler, E. Raedts, A. Pliego Selie and I. Lulof, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2018) 3569 final of 30 May 2018 declaring the concentration involving the acquisition by Liberty Global of sole control over Ziggo NV to be compatible with the internal market and the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) (Case COMP/M.7000 — Liberty Global/Ziggo).
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders KPN BV to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 35, 28.1.2019.