CELEX: 62017TA0380
Language: en
Date: 2020-10-05 00:00:00
Title: Case T-380/17: Judgment of the General Court of 5 October 2020 — HeidelbergCement and Schwenk Zement v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — Market for grey cement in Croatia — Decision declaring the concentration incompatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement — Undertakings concerned — Relevant market — Substantial part of the internal market — Assessment of the effects of the transaction on competition — Commitments — Rights of the defence — Partial referral to the national authorities)

30.11.2020   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 414/33
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 5 October 2020 — HeidelbergCement and Schwenk Zement v Commission
      (Case T-380/17) (1)
      
      (Competition - Concentrations - Market for grey cement in Croatia - Decision declaring the concentration incompatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement - Undertakings concerned - Relevant market - Substantial part of the internal market - Assessment of the effects of the transaction on competition - Commitments - Rights of the defence - Partial referral to the national authorities)
      (2020/C 414/52)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicants: HeidelbergCement AG (Heidelberg, Germany) and Schwenk Zement KG (Ulm, Germany) (represented by: U. Denzel, C. von Köckritz, P. Pichler, U. Soltész, M. Raible and G. Wecker, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Dawes, H. Leupold and T. Vecchi, acting as Agents)
      
         Intervener in support of the applicants: Duna-Dráva Cement Kft. (Vác, Hungary) (represented by: C. Bán and Á. Papp, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission decision C(2017) 1650 final of 5 April 2017 declaring a concentration incompatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement (Case M.7878 — HeidelbergCement/Schwenk/Cemex Hungary/Cemex Croatia).
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders HeidelbergCement AG and Schwenk Zement KG to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Duna-Dráva Cement Kft. to bear its own costs relating to the application to intervene.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 249, 31.7.2017.